At that time, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia had to deal with the existence of a double market in the country: a fixed market ensuring basic food availability (a remnant of the postwar quota system); and a free market, in which goods were as much as eight times more expensive but better quality.
Nese momento, o Partido Comunista de Checoslovaquia tivo que facer fronte ó feito de que había un mercado dobre no país: un mercado fixo para asegura-la dispoñibilidade de alimentos básicos baseado nun sistema de racionamento da posguerra, e un mercado libre, no que as mercadorías foron ata oito veces máis caras, pero de mellor calidade.