| Alienation and the Soviet Economy: The Collapse of the Socialist Era Revised Second Edition Contributor(s): Roberts, Paul Craig (Author), Wildavsky, Aaron (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0945999631 ISBN-13: 9780945999638 Publisher: Independent Institute OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1990 Annotation: As timely today as it was when first published, this is a valuable interpretation of the former Soviet economy and its collapse. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic History - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.34" W x 9" (0.53 lbs) 152 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first edition of this seminal book in 1971 pointed out the fatal defects of Marxist theory that would lead to the collapse of the Soviet economy. In this revised edition, Paul Craig Roberts examines how reality triumphed over Marxist theory and the implications for the future of Russia and eastern Europe. In 1971, Roberts created a firestorm among professional Sovietologists by proclaiming that the economies of the USSR and its East Bloc allies were doomed because their planned economies were, in reality, anything but planned. Expanding on his original ideas, Roberts demonstrates in this book the fatal shortcomings of Marxist economies, ranging from misallocation of resources to ersatz capitalistic concepts grafted onto a system that calls for production without regard to profit. Roberts argues that the economies of the nations emerging from the USSR's collapse must grasp the profound truths in this book if they are to become viable. |