The Destruction of the Soviet Economic System: An Insider's History - Softcover

Ellman, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765602644 ISBN 13: 9780765602640

Verlag: Routledge, 1998

Über diesen Titel

Reseña del editor:

The inside story of the political collpase of the Soviet Union is far better understood than the course of economic and social disintegration. In order to capture the story, the editors compiled a list of questions which they addressed to former top Soviet officials and economic and other policy advisors (both Soviet and foreign) who were privy not only to data on the functioning of the Soviet economy but also to the internal policy debate during the 1980s. This volume assembles the Informants' analyses of key issues and the turning points, and weaves them into a compelling history of systemic collapse. Among the topics investigated are: economic policies in the 1980s; the standard of living: the reliability of Soviet statistics; Gosplan's projections for the economy to the year 2000; was the arms race starving the civilian economy? the role of ideology in supporting the functioning of an economic system; the party's participating in economic management; the influence of foreign advisors; the struggle over a transition program; the functioning and collapse of the supply system, the CMEA, and the foreign trade system.

Reseña del editor:

The political collapse of the Soviet Union has been much better documented than the course of its economic and social disintegration. To get an inside account, Ellman and Kontorovich questioned former top Soviet officials and economic and other policy advisors (both Soviet and foreign) who were privy not only to the data but also to the internal policy debate during the 1980s. They have woven their informants' analyses of key issues and turning points into a compelling history of systemic collapse.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0765602644
• ISBN 13: 9780765602640
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 350