Economic Thought and Economic Reform in the Soviet Union

Economic thought and economic reform in the Soviet Union is a most timely study. Current development in the economy of the USSR are attracting a great deal of attention. This book will therefore be of interest to policy makers, the business and financial worlds as well as to students and academic specialists of Soviet studies and comparative economics.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; 1. The Soviet political economy of socialism; 2. The mathematical challenge to orthodoxy; 3. The reformist programme; 4. The years of radicalism and reaction; 5. Not of mathematics alone; 6. The age of perestroika; Notes; Index.

Summary

In this 1991 work, Pekka Sutela presents a detailed analysis of Soviet economic thought and theory. He traces the competing currents in the Marxist tradition of socialist economies from the Revolution to the present day, showing in particular how the Gorbachev economic reform programme of 1987 rose from the work of Nobel Prize economist L. V. Kantorovich.

Product details

• Authors: Pekka Sutela
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.01.2013
• EAN: 9780521389020
• ISBN: 978-0-521-38902-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 346 g
• Series: Cambridge Soviet Paperbacks
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics