The plan vs. market controversy in the Marxist tradition

Stavros Mavroudeas ()

Discussion Paper Series from Department of Economics, University of Macedonia

Abstract: This paper surveys the ongoing saga of the relationship between plan and market within the Marxist Political Economy.The first part studies the early soviet controversies on this subject. Two opposing main poles are recognised: the first is represented by Preobrazhensky and the second by Bukharin. Furthermore, the theoretical foundations and the implications for economic policy of these two approaches are being clarified. The second part surveys the socialist calculation debate. The third part analyses the Sweezy-Bettelheim debate on the nature of the Soviet Union and the plan-market contradiction.Finally, the last part describes the latest debates on market socialism and attempts to review the positions taken in all the abovementioned debates with regard to the plan-market relationship.

Keywords: plan; market socialism; Marxism; soviet economics. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-06, Revised 2014-06
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