Best book on russian economics?

[R_P_A_S]

I'm looking for a book. or website..whatever! just something that gives you all sides of the issue from Lenin to Gorbachev. I want to know what happened. why did things go to shit. who was more responsible than the other, etc. etc.

[Tekun]

PM ComradeRed
As far as Im concerned, he's an econ buff for sures

[ComradeRed]

What perspective do you want and how mathematical do you want?

[R_P_A_S]

Originally posted by [email protected] 26, 2006 05:12 am
What perspective do you want and how mathematical do you want?
hey there. I just want a good explination on each and every one of the soviet unions heads of states or party chancellors' on what they did economically to shape the country up, or to lead it towards socialism. I want to know about collective farms, and about the 5 year plans. all this stuff.
the pros and the cons. I want to determined for my self what happened and make my own assumptions. instead of hearing all this pro and anti stalin crap.

[ComradeRed]

Originally posted by R_P_A_S+November 26, 2006 11:49 am--> (R_P_A_S @ November 26, 2006 11:49 am)
[email protected] 26, 2006 05:12 am
What perspective do you want and how mathematical do you want?
hey there. I just want a good explination on each and every one of the soviet unions heads of states or party chancellors' on what they did economically to shape the country up, or to lead it towards socialism. I want to know about collective farms, and about the 5 year plans. all this stuff.
the pros and the cons. I want to determined for my self what happened and make my own assumptions. instead of hearing all this pro and anti stalin crap. [/b]
You might want to look into the economic history of the soviet union, it sounds like what you are looking for. I don't know any as such off the top of my head, but here (http://www.google.com/search?q=economic+history+of+soviet+union&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial) is a google search that gives good results.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

You can find a wealth of information from different perspectives here. (http://marx.org/subject/ussr/index.htm)

Be sure to research, fact check, and look at multiple sources, because anything you find is going to come from one outlook or another. There is no "neutral history of the USSR".

Good luck.

[ComradeRed]

Originally posted by Compañ[email protected] 27, 2006 06:38 pm
Be sure to research, fact check, and look at multiple sources, because anything you find is going to come from one outlook or another. There is no "neutral history of the USSR".
This is especially true if your book contains the phrase "Transition Economy"!

[Dewolfemann]

My favorite book on the subject is Heroic Struggle Bitter Defeat. I have seen it for about 4 bucks Canadian on used book sites. It breaks down soviet economic history by different models of socialism: War Communism, NEP, Rapid industrialization, etc etc

http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm?q...tches=9&qsort=r (http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm?qwork=2882532&matches=9&qsort=r)