But in Russia's chaotic economy, that is an almost impossibly unsure way to build a company over the long run.

Still, in the context of Russia's chaotic economy and get-rich-quick approach to capitalism, their explanations appear largely plausible, if incomplete.

Making It Work But problems persist with a chaotic national economy and contradictory laws.

But in the cars beneath, a chaotic, mobile economy is bustling.

Since taking office, however, Mr. Chavez has presided over an increasingly chaotic economy - a chaos not always, though sometimes, of his own making.

During the next eight years, he experienced the rigors of running a small business in an authoritarian state with a chaotic economy.

Moreover, Poland has begun to rebuild its chaotic economy and to repair its virtually shattered Government machinery.

Thus supplies, including condoms, must be imported and are too expensive for many women, who say they have trouble even getting food on the table in the chaotic Romanian economy.

The Government's decision to revive the tourist industry is thought by diplomats to have much to do with Myanmar's desperation for hard currency to keep its chaotic economy afloat.

There was little more advantage to be gained from further anti-American, anti-Shah propaganda, and the ongoing sanctions were making it harder to straighten out an already chaotic economy.