WHAT TO DO? IMPACT OF THE NAZI AND THE SOVIET CONTROL MODELS ON THE POST-WAR RESTORATION OF THE FUTURE "COMMUNIST" CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Antonie Doležalová

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, 2009, vol. 2009, issue 4, pages 62-83

Abstract: The study deals with the question of how much the post-war development of Czechoslovakia was affected by the Nazi central control model and the theory of Marxism-Leninism. The study searches for an answer through analysis of two questions: Could a different economic concept have been applied at all? Was the theory of Marxism-Leninism internally consistent and was it strong enough to solve the post-war restoration tasks? The author reaches her conclusion that Czechoslovakia´s transfer to socialism was not based on the Marxist theory as a peculiar economic theory offering a new control concept, but, contrary to that, she believes that the key circumstance of the transfer was the economy with central and mandatory control applied during the Nazi occupation. As a result of that type of economy, a highly concentrated capital was transferred to the government´s hands as a nationalized industry at the end of the war.

Keywords: planning; Marxism-Leninism; Czechoslovakia 1938-1948; central control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B14 B2 N14 N44 O21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009

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