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The Myth of the Plan: Lessons of Soviet Planning Experience is a critical analysis of the Soviet economic planning system. Although the system's end is not predicted or even hinted at, the book's historical value lies in providing the modern reader Read More..

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Description	The Myth of the Plan: Lessons of Soviet Planning Experience is a critical analysis of the Soviet economic planning system. Although the system's end is not predicted or even hinted at, the book's historical value lies in providing the modern reader with the west's contemporary understanding of the Soviet phenomenon and its weaknesses just as the latter was on the verge of disintegrating.The first chapters serve to briefly cover some theoretical debates concerning the feasibility of state socialism and its comparison to free markets. The core of the book however is in later chapters, which deal with an analysis of the Soviet economic system in action. Although this analysis is done on a sector by sector basis (e.g. labor, money, agriculture etc.), some central themes stand out:
Description	The Myth of the Plan: Lessons of Soviet Planning Experience is a critical analysis of the Soviet economic planning system. Although the system's end is not predicted or even hinted at, the book's historical value lies in providing the modern reader with the west's contemporary understanding of the Soviet phenomenon and its weaknesses just as the latter was on the verge of disintegrating.The first chapters serve to briefly cover some theoretical debates concerning the feasibility of state socialism and its comparison to free markets. The core of the book however is in later chapters, which deal with an analysis of the Soviet economic system in action. Although this analysis is done on a sector by sector basis (e.g. labor, money, agriculture etc.), some central themes stand out:

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Name	The Myth Of the Plan: Lessons of Soviet planning experience
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Authors	Peter Rutland
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Genre	Politics/Economics
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Language	English
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Country	United Kingdom
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Pages	286 pp
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Media_type	Print (hardback and paperback)
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Isbn	0-09-153570-0
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Oclc	59083159
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Publisher	Hutchinson and Co Ltd
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Pub_date	1985
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Release_date	1985
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