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Title

The Destruction of the Soviet economic system : an insiders' history / edited by Michael Ellman and Vladimir Kontorovich.

Publication

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors

• Ellman, Michael.
• Kontorovich, Vladimir.

Description

xxiv, 326 pages; 24 cm

Subjects

• Perestroĭka
• Soviet Union > Economic policy > 1986-1991

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-321) and index.

Contents

• Chronology of Collapse -- 1. About the Study / Michael Ellman and Vladimir Kontorovich. 1.1. What Is Known About the Collapse. 1.2. Why Learn from the Insiders? 1.3. The Focus of the Study. 1.4. How the Study Was Done. 1.5. The Contributors -- 2. What We Learn from the Insiders / Michael Ellman and Vladimir Kontorovich. 2.1. Soviet Society in the Mid-1980s. 2.2. Inspiration for the First Steps. 2.3. The Internal Dynamics of Perestroika. 2.4. Why They Did Not Turn Back. 2.5. Conclusion -- 3. The USSR in the Mid-1980s: Structural Factors. 3.1. Standard of Living and Popular Discontent / Vladimir Shlapentokh. 3.2. The Arms Race and the Burden of Military Expenditures / Sergei Belanovsky -- 4. The USSR in the Mid-1980s: Rulers' Perceptions. 4.1. Monopolized Statistics Under a Totalitarian Regime / Moisei Eydelman. 4.2. An Uninvited Advisor / Gregory Khanin. 4.3. The View from Gosplan: Growth to the Year 2000 / Gennadii Zoteev.
• 4.4. The Changing View from the Top. 4.4.1. Under Andropov and Gorbachev / Vadim Medvedev. 4.4.2. Under Chernenko / Igor Prostiakov -- 5. Early Attempts at Change, 1983-1987. 5.1. Economic Reform in the Interregnum Between Andropov and Gorbachev-Ryzhkov / Igor Prostiakov. 5.2. The Large-Scale Experiment. 5.2.1. A Promising Departure / Oleg Yun. 5.2.2. Bad Design and Fraudulent Implementation / Igor Prostiakov. 5.3. Searching for an Economic Policy. 5.3.1. Summoning the Experts / Vadim Kirichenko. 5.3.2. Rulers Did Not Know What to Do / Vladimir Mozhin. 5.3.3. Society Was Not Ready for a Radical Reform / Vadim Medvedev. 5.4. The Acceleration Strategy and the Twelfth Five-Year Plan. 5.4.1. The Official Concept / Vadim Medvedev. 5.4.2. Dolgikh's Alternative / Yurii Belik. 5.4.3. Acceleration by Command / Vladimir Mozhin. 5.4.4. Planning Techniques, Feasibility of Targets, and Outcomes / Vadim Kirichenko -- 6. 'Radical' Economic Reform, 1987-1989.
• 6.1. The Preparation of the Reform: Views from the Central Committee. 6.1.1. Compromises at the Top / Vadim Medvedev. 6.1.2. It Was About Enterprise Autonomy / Vladimir Mozhin. 6.1.3. It Was About Planning / Yurii Belik. 6.2. The Preparation of the Reform: Economists' Views. 6.2.1. The Rush / Oleg Yun. 6.2.2. The Hubris / Gennadii Zoteev. 6.2.3. Getting the Details Wrong / Yevgenii Yasin. 6.3. It Was Not Tried. 6.3.1. There Was No Real Effort to Implement the Resolutions / Vladimir Mozhin. 6.3.2. Conservative Resistance / Vadim Medvedev. 6.4. It Failed Because of Poor Design. 6.4.1. Contradictions of Reform / Oleg Yun. 6.4.2. Unintended Consequences at Work / Yevgenii Yasin. 6.5. Price Reform: The Missing Link? 6.5.1. Failure of Political Will / Vadim Medvedev. 6.5.2. Passing the Buck / Oleg Yun. 6.5.3. Vox Populi / Yurii Belik -- 7. Political Reform, 1988-1991. 7.1. Getting the Party Out of the Economy.
• 7.1.1. The Motives for Change and the Weakness of Opposition / Vadim Medvedev. 7.1.2. The Party and the Economic Reform / Vladimir Mozhin. 7.1.3. Changes in the Central Committee Apparatus / Yurii Belik. 7.1.4. How the Chinese Path of Reform Failed in the USSR / Yevgenii Yasin. 7.2. The Collapse of Marxism-Leninism / Alexander Tsipko. 7.3. Politics and Enterprise Behavior / Lev Freinkman. 7.4. Local Party Organs and the Economy During Perestroika / Yurii Kuznetsov -- 8. Attempts at Market Reform, 1989-1991. 8.1. Coping with the Consequences of the 'Radical' Reform / Lev Freinkman. 8.2. The New Stage / Vladimir Mozhin. 8.3. The Parade of Market Transformation Programs / Yevgenii Yasin. 8.4. The Party Learns About the Market / Yurii Belik. 8.5. Foreign Advice / Philip Hanson -- 9. Reforms on the Sectoral and Enterprise Levels. 9.1. Conversion of Military Industry / Sergei Belanovsky. 9.2. Reform of the Supply System / Nikolai Nesterovich.
• 9.3. Perestroika in the Workplace / Rozalina Ryvkina. 9.4. Foreign Trade Liberalization / Viktor Kurierov. 9.5. The Crisis and Collapse of CMEA / Boris Ladygin -- 10. From Reform to the Eve of Revolution. 10.1. The End of Economic Reform / Yevgenii Yasin. 10.2. The Republics Take Over / Viktor Kurierov. 10.3. Disappointment in the CC Apparatus / Yurii Belik. 10.4. The Real Achievements of Reform / Lev Freinkman. 10.5. A Missed Chance? / Sergei Belanovsky.

ISBN

0765602636 (alk. paper)

LCCN

97052682

OCLC

• 38113000
• ocm38113000

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries