The Soviet economy: the late 1930s in historical perspective

Robert Davies, Mark Harrison (), Oleg Khlevniuk and Stephen G. Wheatcroft
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Oleg Khlevniuk: Russian Federation
Stephen G. Wheatcroft: Deakin Univesity

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Abstract: This paper is draft of the concluding chapter of The industrialisation of Soviet Russia,vol.7:The Soviet economyand the approach of war,1937– 1939, in preparation for publication by Palgrave Macmillan. We consider the development of the Soviet economy over the period of the series, that is, from the launching of the first five-year plan and the collectivisation of agriculture to the outbreak of the Second World War. We review, in turn, the pattern of forced industrialisation, the measurement and mismeasurement of economic progress, the extraordinary militarisation of a mobilised society and economy, the emergence of the Soviet Union as a global military power, and the scope for reforms within the economic system that Stalin created and ruled over. Keywords: communism, economic development, economic growth,incentives, industrialisation, military power, mis measurement, mobilisation, policy reform, power, Soviet Union, violence, war economy JEL Classification: H56, N44, P21

Date: 2018
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