text: allowance to the price may extend to seven years, and even 9•10 years In the case of very complex articles. The decision "On measures for accelerating sclentltlc­ technlcal progress In the national economy"• adopted on August 18, 1983, establishes the magnitude of this at lowance up to 301 of the wholesale price of new machinery, which Is most signifi­ cant for the national economy. The allowance may Include up to 70~ of the economic effect of the production and utilization of the respective articles. A certain calculation mechanism has been developed In order to determine the magnitude of the allow­ ance to the price In case the economic effect will not reach some maximum values. One can Imagine the significance of this stimulant, consi­ dering the tremendous scope of production Of some highly effec­ tive objects of new machinery. The s~ms, assigned In some research organizations for awarding the workers, who have developed the new machinery, may make up and do constitute today up to 40% and more of the total value of these means. Thus, SFDST and the stimulating the acceleration machinery and technologies, quantitative characteristics scientific-technical progress. SELF-SUPPORTIVE BASIS prices are .effective factors, of developing and Introducing new Improving their quallt~tlve end on the whole. accelerating However, the self-suppor-ting basis Is 'the major stimulant today. It is directed toward stimulating accelerat~d develop­ ment, mastering and Introduction of the achievements of science and technology Into the practice of Industrial production. In the general sense, many Soviet scientists understand the self-supporting basis as a social 1st system of economic rela­ tions, combining central !zed management with relative economic Independence of the economic I Inks. based on stlmul~ting the growth of production effectiveness In the Interests of the society and Individual col lectlves. In a narrower sense the 
analysis: The text appears to discuss the economic policies and incentives aimed at accelerating scientific-technical progress and stimulating the development of new machinery and technologies in the Soviet national economy. The language used is technical and focused on economic concepts such as allowances, wholesale prices, and economic effects, suggesting that the text is primarily concerned with economic development.