- 07 Oct 2014 20:25
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"Phil Spector is haunting Europe" -Dr. Karl H. Marx
Greets PoFo, long time no see!
I have compiled a list of the 58 or so books that I have gathered over the last 3 or 4 years that I have either read, looked through or about to read to understand better the problems that faced the socialist economies of the USSR and the Ostbloc across the stages of its development. What I would like to know is whether or not any of you have read any of the books I shall list here in this thread, or if there are any other works that deal with the economic strangeness that can arise from pursuing a socialist economy a la the WarPac states that any of you guys have read or come across in your time that are of use. The list is a cross-post from SE, but without such a preamble.
The reason I am doing this is twofold, I would like to improve my library of books that specifically look at the issues of "actually existing socialism", based on your suggestions, to gain a deeper understanding of the problems inherent within the particular economic, social and political model that was functional for so many years. Secondly, I would really like to push the point that one of the bigger problems facing socialists is many of us are seen to be totally oblivious to the problems that faced countries like the Soviet Union and those other states aligned with its particular model (of course, allowing for regional "styles" of socialism) of economic co-ordination, political management and social issues. I believe the latter point is of great importance, as there is a lot of information available to us and definitely parallels that can be drawn across the economic spectrum to at least see where the Soviet Union/other states went wrong - importantly, how we should not go wrong in the future. We should be unashamed in this attempt that should culminate in at least a workable manifesto that could be elected in a Parliamentary democracy.
Here goes:
Nove - "The Soviet Economic System", "An Economic History of the USSR", "Efficiency Criteria for Nationalised Industries", "Alec Nove on Economic Theory, Unpublished Works Vol 1 (of his posthumous canon)", "Soviet Planning: Essays in Honour of Naum Jasny", "Socialism, Economics and Development", "Political Economy and Soviet Socialism" and "The Economics of Feasible Socialism"
van Brabant - "Adjustment, Structural Change and Economic Efficiency: Aspects of Monetary Co-Operation in Eastern Europe" and "Socialist Economic Integration"
Connolly - "Beyond the Urals: Economic Developments in Soviet Asia" and "Siberia Today and Tomorrow: Study of Economic Problems and Developments"
Porkett - "Work, Employment and Unemployment in the Soviet Union"
Schapiro/Pochitnyl - "Change and Adaptation in Soviet and Eastern European Politics"
Freedman - "Soviet Policy Toward the Middle East since 1970"
Treml - "Studies in Soviet Input-Output Analysis" and "The Development of the Soviet Economy" (co-authored/edited together with Farrell)
Kuromiya - "Stalin's Industrial Revolution"
Childs - "The GDR: Moscow's Germany Ally"
Lin - "Developing Countries in a Turbulent World"
Hutchings - "The Soviet Budget"
Estrin - " Self-Management: Economic Theory and Yugoslav Practice"
Campbell - "Accounting in Soviet Planning and Management"
McAuley - "Women's Work and Wages in the Soviet Union"
Conklin - "An Evaluation of the Soviet Profit Reforms"
Lewis/Sternheimer - "Soviet Urban Management" (comparative between USA and USSR)
Osofsky - "Soviet Agricultural Policy"
Koehler - "Economic Integration in the Soviet Bloc"
Feiwel - "The Soviet Quest for Economic Efficiency" and "New Economic Patters in Czechoslovakia"
Zloch-Christy - "The Debt Problems of Eastern Europe"
Klinghoffer - "The Soviet Union and International Oil Policy"
Dininio - "The Political Economy of East German Privatisation"
Grannick - "Job Rights in the Soviet Union: Their Consequences"
Wiles - "The Predictions of Communist Economic Performance"
Schiavone - "The Institutions of Comecon"
Wallace/Clarke - "Comecon Trade and the West"
Hardt/McMillan - "Planned Economies: Facing the Challenges of the 1980s"
Holzmann - "Soviet Taxation"
Dyker - "The Process of Investment in the Soviet Union"
Zaleski - "Planning for Economic Growth in the Soviet Union 1918-32", "Stalinist Planning for Economic Growth 1933-53" and "Science Policy in the USSR"
Zwass - "Money, Banking and Credit in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe"
Elliot - "The Soviet Energy Balance"
Braunthal - "Socialist Labour and Politics in Weimar Germany"
Schnitzer - "East and West Germany: A Comparative Economic Analysis"
Stephan - "Economic Transition in East Germany and Hungary"
Selucky - "Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe"
Fishman/Martin - "Estranged Twins" (Comparative synopsis of E and W German education)
Csaba - "Eastern Europe in the World Economy"
von Beyme Zimmermann - "Policymaking in the German Democratic Republic"
McAuley (there are two of them I am aware of) - "Marxism-Leninism in the German Democratic Republic" and "Economic Welfare in the Soviet Union"
Malle - "Economic Organisation of War Communism 1918-21"
Fowkes - "Communism in Germany under the Weimar Republic"
Fallanbuchl - "Economic Development in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (both vols)"
I can't remember/be bothered to get author/editor's name - "Power, Purpose and Collective Choice: Economic Strategy in Socialist States"
Ryavec - "Implementation of Soviet Economic Reforms"
(I have another book on the way by Hill - "Soviet Product Quality")
I have compiled a list of the 58 or so books that I have gathered over the last 3 or 4 years that I have either read, looked through or about to read to understand better the problems that faced the socialist economies of the USSR and the Ostbloc across the stages of its development. What I would like to know is whether or not any of you have read any of the books I shall list here in this thread, or if there are any other works that deal with the economic strangeness that can arise from pursuing a socialist economy a la the WarPac states that any of you guys have read or come across in your time that are of use. The list is a cross-post from SE, but without such a preamble.
The reason I am doing this is twofold, I would like to improve my library of books that specifically look at the issues of "actually existing socialism", based on your suggestions, to gain a deeper understanding of the problems inherent within the particular economic, social and political model that was functional for so many years. Secondly, I would really like to push the point that one of the bigger problems facing socialists is many of us are seen to be totally oblivious to the problems that faced countries like the Soviet Union and those other states aligned with its particular model (of course, allowing for regional "styles" of socialism) of economic co-ordination, political management and social issues. I believe the latter point is of great importance, as there is a lot of information available to us and definitely parallels that can be drawn across the economic spectrum to at least see where the Soviet Union/other states went wrong - importantly, how we should not go wrong in the future. We should be unashamed in this attempt that should culminate in at least a workable manifesto that could be elected in a Parliamentary democracy.
Here goes:
Nove - "The Soviet Economic System", "An Economic History of the USSR", "Efficiency Criteria for Nationalised Industries", "Alec Nove on Economic Theory, Unpublished Works Vol 1 (of his posthumous canon)", "Soviet Planning: Essays in Honour of Naum Jasny", "Socialism, Economics and Development", "Political Economy and Soviet Socialism" and "The Economics of Feasible Socialism"
van Brabant - "Adjustment, Structural Change and Economic Efficiency: Aspects of Monetary Co-Operation in Eastern Europe" and "Socialist Economic Integration"
Connolly - "Beyond the Urals: Economic Developments in Soviet Asia" and "Siberia Today and Tomorrow: Study of Economic Problems and Developments"
Porkett - "Work, Employment and Unemployment in the Soviet Union"
Schapiro/Pochitnyl - "Change and Adaptation in Soviet and Eastern European Politics"
Freedman - "Soviet Policy Toward the Middle East since 1970"
Treml - "Studies in Soviet Input-Output Analysis" and "The Development of the Soviet Economy" (co-authored/edited together with Farrell)
Kuromiya - "Stalin's Industrial Revolution"
Childs - "The GDR: Moscow's Germany Ally"
Lin - "Developing Countries in a Turbulent World"
Hutchings - "The Soviet Budget"
Estrin - " Self-Management: Economic Theory and Yugoslav Practice"
Campbell - "Accounting in Soviet Planning and Management"
McAuley - "Women's Work and Wages in the Soviet Union"
Conklin - "An Evaluation of the Soviet Profit Reforms"
Lewis/Sternheimer - "Soviet Urban Management" (comparative between USA and USSR)
Osofsky - "Soviet Agricultural Policy"
Koehler - "Economic Integration in the Soviet Bloc"
Feiwel - "The Soviet Quest for Economic Efficiency" and "New Economic Patters in Czechoslovakia"
Zloch-Christy - "The Debt Problems of Eastern Europe"
Klinghoffer - "The Soviet Union and International Oil Policy"
Dininio - "The Political Economy of East German Privatisation"
Grannick - "Job Rights in the Soviet Union: Their Consequences"
Wiles - "The Predictions of Communist Economic Performance"
Schiavone - "The Institutions of Comecon"
Wallace/Clarke - "Comecon Trade and the West"
Hardt/McMillan - "Planned Economies: Facing the Challenges of the 1980s"
Holzmann - "Soviet Taxation"
Dyker - "The Process of Investment in the Soviet Union"
Zaleski - "Planning for Economic Growth in the Soviet Union 1918-32", "Stalinist Planning for Economic Growth 1933-53" and "Science Policy in the USSR"
Zwass - "Money, Banking and Credit in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe"
Elliot - "The Soviet Energy Balance"
Braunthal - "Socialist Labour and Politics in Weimar Germany"
Schnitzer - "East and West Germany: A Comparative Economic Analysis"
Stephan - "Economic Transition in East Germany and Hungary"
Selucky - "Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe"
Fishman/Martin - "Estranged Twins" (Comparative synopsis of E and W German education)
Csaba - "Eastern Europe in the World Economy"
von Beyme Zimmermann - "Policymaking in the German Democratic Republic"
McAuley (there are two of them I am aware of) - "Marxism-Leninism in the German Democratic Republic" and "Economic Welfare in the Soviet Union"
Malle - "Economic Organisation of War Communism 1918-21"
Fowkes - "Communism in Germany under the Weimar Republic"
Fallanbuchl - "Economic Development in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (both vols)"
I can't remember/be bothered to get author/editor's name - "Power, Purpose and Collective Choice: Economic Strategy in Socialist States"
Ryavec - "Implementation of Soviet Economic Reforms"
(I have another book on the way by Hill - "Soviet Product Quality")
"Phil Spector is haunting Europe" -Dr. Karl H. Marx