New Directions in the Soviet Economy


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An Economic History of the U.S.S.R.


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Study in historical perspective of developments in economic policy in the USSR - covers economic structures and economic administration prior to and during the 1st world war, the position during the 50 years of the communist regime, political leadership of the country, the collective economy, industrialization, political problems, economic growth, etc. Bibliography pp. 389 to 391, and statistical tables.




A General Theory of Exploitation and Class


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In this original and powerful work, John Roemer proposes a general theory of exploitation that provides a game-theoretic framework for expressing any conception of exploitation--feudal, capitalist, or socialist--in a standardized and explicit way, thus permitting a clear comparison of different ethical conceptions.




The Oxford Handbook of the Russian Economy


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This Handbook is the most comprehensive up-to-date study of the Russian economy available. Russian and western authors analyze the current economic situation, trace the impact of Soviet legacies and of post-Soviet transition policies, examine the main social challenges, and propose directions for reforms.




The Soviet Mind


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Isaiah Berlins response to the Soviet Union was central to his identity, both personally and intellectually. Never before collected, Berlins writings about the USSR include his accounts of his famous meetings with Russian writers shortly after the Second World War; the celebrated 1945 Foreign Office memorandum on the state of the arts under Stalin; his account of Stalins manipulative artificial dialectic; portraits of Osip Mandelshtam and Boris Pasternak; his survey of Soviet Russian culture written after a visit in 1956; a postscript stimulated by the events of 1989; and more.




The Soviet Economy


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General study of the economy of the USSR during the period from 1917 to 1965 - gives historical background, and covers geographical aspects, political aspects, aspects of ownership, the soviet economic theory, economic growth, industrial development, agriculture, economic planning, economic policy, economic administration, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, price policy, economic relations, the problem of decentralization, etc. References and statistical tables.