
Alienation and the Soviet Economy
The Collapse of the Socialist Era
Paul Craig Roberts(Author)
Independent Institute,U.S. (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. February 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
123 pages
978-0-945999-63-8 (ISBN)
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.
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Edition
Revised second edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oakland
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-945999-63-8 (9780945999638)
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07/2017
Simon + Schuster LLC
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Persons
Paul Craig Roberts is the chairman of the Institute for Political Economy and a nationally syndicated columnist.