The Political Economy of Stalinism
Evidence from the Soviet Secret Archives
by Paul R. Gregory
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Using formerly secret Soviet state and Communist Party archives to describe the Soviet administrative command system, this study concludes that the system failed not because of Stalin and later leaders, but because of the economic system. It pinpoints the reasons for failure such as poor planning, unreliable supplies, preferential treatment of indi...
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