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Economic problems of Socialism in the USSR
Author: Joseph Stalin
Publisher: Newcomb Livraria Press
Published: 1952-01-01
Total Pages: 121
ISBN-13: 3989881949
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A new translation from the original Russian manuscript with a new afterword by the translator and a timeline of Stalin's life and works. In one of his last works written in 1952, Stalin addresses various economic challenges facing the Soviet Union in its pursuit of socialism. He discusses topics ranging from commodity production under socialism to the role of the law of value, offering insights and solutions based on Marxist-Leninist theory.
A Critique of Soviet Economics
Author: Mao Tse-Tung
Publisher:
Published: 1977-01-01
Total Pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780783796116
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Political Economy of Soviet Socialism: the Formative Years, 1918-1928
Author: Peter J. Boettke
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-14
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 940173433X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book presents a narrative of one of the more interesting utopian experiments in comparative political and economic history: the first decade of the Soviet experience with socialism (1918-1928). Though historical and textual analysis, the book’s goal is to render this experience intelligible, to get at the meaning of the Soviet experience with socialism for comparative political economy today. The book examines the texts of Lenin, Bukharin, and other revolutionaries, as well as the interpretations of contemporary historians of the revolution and the writings of more recent interpreters of Soviet political and economic history. Arguing that the first three years of the Bolshevik regime (1918-1921) constitute an attempt to carry out the Marxian ideal of comprehensive central planning, and that the disastrous results, which all commentators agree occurred, were the inevitable outcome of this Marxian ideal coming into conflict with the economic reality of the coordination problem that all economic systems face, the book draws clear conclusions and elucidates the air of mystery that often surrounds the subject. Offering a radical challenge to contemporary comparative political economy at the level of high theory, applied research, and public policy, this book is appropriate for students and scholars interested in Marxism, economic history, political economy, and Austrian economics.
Socialism, Economics and Development (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Alec Nove
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-11-12
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 1136582665
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1986, this text brings together a selection of papers written by the great Alec Nove on development economics, Marxist economies, the Soviet economy, and law and politics in the Soviet Union. Reflecting the varied and diverse interests of its distinguished author, the topics range from Soviet constitutional law, to Trotsky’s view of collectivization; from a critique of conventional micro-economics, to the economic disaster of the Allende regime in Chile. The author’s long-standing immersion in the past and present of the Soviet Union helps to provide the unique insights into the workings of Socialist economies characteristic of Professor Nove’s previous work. This volume should be essential reading for anyone interested in development economics, socialist economies, or the problems facing contemporary Soviet economic reformers.
Soviet Economic Thought and Political Power in the USSR
Author: Aron Katsenelinboigen
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2013-10-22
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 1483154688
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Soviet Economic Thought and Political Power in the USSR examines the evolution of economic theory in the Soviet Union from uniformity under Josef Stalin to diversity in the post-Stalin period. The reasons for uniformity and diversity in Soviet economics are analyzed, along with the structure of this diversity, the paradoxes in its development, and the conditions under which it will continue. The connection between leaders of Soviet economics and the Communist Party rulers is also discussed. Emphasis is placed on one of the principal trends in Soviet economics in the post-Stalin period: mathematical economics. This book is comprised of six chapters and begins with a discussion on the development of the economic-mathematical trend in the USSR. The social environment in the Soviet Union is examined in macro terms, along with the role of various mutations among the economists and the institutionalization of such mutations, especially in the framework of the existing research institutes and universities. The book also considers the attitudes of various factions of economists such as reactionaries, conservatives, and modernizers toward the question of the limitation of the leaders' power and toward some areas of economics, such as problems of mathematical modeling and institutional economics, and toward the Marxist ideology. The final chapter highlights the confusing struggle among the various trends in Soviet economics and the ways in which this struggle is supported by the country's political leaders. This monograph will be of interest to economists, political scientists, politicians, and economic policymakers.
Political Economy and Soviet Socialism (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Alec Nove
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-02-01
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 1136629262
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1979, Political Economy and Soviet Socialism is an integrated selection of papers written over the past 12 years of Russian history, which offers a unique insight into some important and controversial issues. Professor Nove discusses the ideas of some of the leaders of the Russian revolution (Lenin, Trotsky and Bukharin), the political economy of socialism and the problems of the contemporary USSR. The author addresses the role of traditional Russian ideas in shaping the Soviet Union’s social structure and the conceptual problems involved in defining its ruling stratum - whether or not it is a class. He also considers the criteria by which it is reasonable to judge Soviet reality, the performance and prospects of agriculture in communist-ruled Europe, the ability of the Eastern bloc to tackle problems of inflation and the obstacles to economic reform. Looking at the important and original developments of economic thought in the USSR and Eastern Europe, Professor Nove dissects the ideas of the ‘new leftists’ concerning the role of market forces under a feasible socialism. These papers offer essential reading for students of politics, economics and comparative social structure.
The Soviet Economic System
Author: Olimpiad S. Ioffe
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1987-09-13
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Soviet legal system is constantly changing. The authors examined the reasons for this change, and the extent that further change may be expected. The main objective of the system of legal regulation of the Soviet economy is political rather than economic efficiency, political efficiency in the sense of preventing the appearance of any independent centers of power that might challenge the political authority of the top level of the Party . A second conclusion is that economic efficiency is sought by continual legal reforms, whose effectiveness is limited however by the fact that they are stopped or reversed as soon as they reach the point of threatening political goals .
Was Stalin Really Necessary?
Author: Alec Nove
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-07-11
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 1136629483
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1964, Was Stalin Really Necessary? is a thought-provoking work which deals with many aspects of the Soviet political economy, planning problems and statistics. Professor Nove starts with an attempt to evaluate the rationality of Stalinism and discusses the possible political consequences of the search for greater economic efficiency, which is followed by a controversial discussion of Kremlinology. The author goes on to analyse the situation of the peasants as reflected in literary journals, then looks at industrial and agricultural problems. There are elaborate statistical surveys of occupational patterns and the purchasing power of wages, followed by an examination of the irrational statistical reflection of irrational economic decisions. Professor Nove’s essay on social welfare was, unlike some of his other work, used in the Soviet press as evidence against over-enthusiastic cold-warriors, among whom the author was not always popular. Finally, the author seeks to generalise about the evolution of world communism.
Economic Thought and Economic Reform in the Soviet Union
Author: Pekka Sutela
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1991-07-26
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780521389020
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Although the history of centrally planned economies has been widely studied, the development of socialist thinking on the subject has remained largely uncharted. In this 1991 work, Pekka Sutela presents a detailed analysis of Soviet economic thought and theory. Dr Sutela traces the competing currents in the Marxist tradition of socialist economies from the Revolution to the present day. In particular he shows how the Gorbachev economic reform programme of 1987 rose from the work of Nobel Prize economist L. V. Kantorovich and his followers. However, this programme failed and the author explains in some detail why this happened. Since then, Soviet economists have tried to abandon their traditional theory of central planning and move along the path and long established contacts with leading Soviet economists, Pekka Sutela is able to show how Soviet economic thinking has moved from dogmatism through reformism to pragmatism.
