what was the initial effect of the transition from command to market economies in eastern europe?

a. people stopped purchasing goods.

b. people could afford more goods than they could before.

c. there were fewer consumer goods available for purchase.

d. unemployment and prices rose.

D. Unemployment and prices rose.

Explanation:

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the end of the cold war the countries of Central and Eastern Europe made a transition to the capitalist model of development in a very short process. The relative success of this transit can only be explained if it is considered that it was accompanied by the construction of states, in a Weberian sense, in which the strengthening of democracy, the construction of nationality and the establishment of adequate social policies played a decisive role . However, the political, economic and social differences between the countries of Central and Eastern Europe are so great that the results of this transition were, as we can see today, very diverse.