>Only in the later stages of decline, when economy was tanking and people spent half their time queuing for things, they probably had less time to read...
That's what I meant: in the turmoil of 1991 and beyond, people would have less time to read...
That's what I meant: in the turmoil of 1991 and beyond, people would have less time to read...
However I was thinking already 1980's: probably the dysfunction of the economy had an impact on people people's reading (like, do you typically read a book while you are at the meat shop queue or shoe shop queue?)