Preface to third edition; Abbreviations and glossary; Important dates; 1. The rise and fall of socialist planning; 2. The traditional model; 3. The reform process; 4. Planning the defence-industrial complex; 5. Investment planning; 6. Planning agriculture; 7. Planning labour and incomes; 8. Planning consumption; 9. Planning international trade; 10. An evaluation of socialist planning; Bibliography; Index.
An overview of socialist planning that explains the underlying theory and its limitations, also placing developments in their historical perspective.
Michael Ellman is Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is the author, co-author and editor of numerous books and articles on the Soviet and Russian economies, on transition economics, and on Soviet economic and political history. In 1998, he was awarded the Kondratieff prize for his 'contributions to the development of the social sciences'.
'Michael Ellman's book is a true classic, erudite, exhaustive and
meticulously researched. Written by one of the leading authorities
in the field, it remains the ultimate source on the theory and
experience of socialist economic planning. Both students and fellow
scholars will be pleased to see it brought up to date,
incorporating what has been learned since the collapse of the
USSR.' Stefan Hedlund, Research Director at the Centre for Russian
and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden
'In the Great Depression of the 1930s many people concluded that
socialist planning must be a better way to run the economy. But how
did it really work - and how well did it work? No one has wider or
deeper knowledge of its history than Michael Ellman. This revised
edition of his classic Socialist Planning draws new archival
revelations from Russia and Eastern Europe and recent lessons from
China.' Mark Harrison, University of Warwick
'If there was one professor from whom I learned a lot in my
undergraduate, then it was Michael Ellman. He had deep knowledge
about how the Soviet system actually worked. He taught me about its
successes in eliminating illiteracy and reducing poverty, but above
all about its failures. In some sense, learning about the problems
of planned economy is the best way to understand the accomplishment
of a market economy. This book takes stock of a lifelong
scholarship analyzing the rise and collapse of the Soviet planning
system. It is a must for anyone who is seriously interested in
comparative economic systems in the twentieth century.' Coen
Teulings, Montagu Burton Professor of Industrial Relations and
Labour Economics, University of Cambridge
'Clear, concise, and remarkably comprehensive, the book is written
in a style that makes the complexity of the information accessible
to inexperienced readers.' S. J. Linz, Choice
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