A History of Russian Economic Thought (Routledge History of Economic Thought)

✍ Scribed by Vincen Barnett

• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 187
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic at the end of the 1980’s was conceived as a victory for capitalist democracy. Here, Vincent Barnett provides the first comprehensive account of the historical development of Russian and Soviet economic thought across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and considers its future in the twenty-first century. Utilizing an extensive range of historical sources, Barnett examines the different strands of thought, including classical, neoclassical, historical, socialist, liberal and Marxian schools. He traces their influence, and the impact their ideas had on shaping policies. An excellent addition to the Routledge History of Economic Thought series, this book covers pre-1870, Tsarist economics, the late Tsarist period, the impact of the war, Bolshevik economics, Stalinist economics, Russian economics after 1940. Incorporating a detailed timeline of the most significant Russian economists work and analyzing the effects of historical discontinuities on the institutional structure of Russian economics as a discipline, Barnett delivers an essential text for postgraduates and professionals interested in economic history and the evolution of Russian economic thought.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Timeline......Page 12
1 Introduction – analysing the Russian economic mind......Page 16
2 Prelude – the Russian economic mind before 1870......Page 33
3 The Russian economic mind under Tsarism, 1870–1890......Page 44
4 Socialism and development in late Tsarism, 1890–1913......Page 61
5 Economic theory in late Tsarism, 1890–1913......Page 83
6 Interregnum – the Russian economic mind at war, 1914–1917......Page 95
7 The Russian economic mind under Bolshevism, 1917–1929......Page 108
8 The Russian economic mind under Stalinism, 1929–1940......Page 133
9 Conclusion – evaluating the Russian economic mind......Page 150
10 Epilogue – the Russian economic mind after 1940......Page 154
Appendix I – the first Russian translations of the works of Western economists......Page 160
Appendix II – dramatis personae......Page 161
Notes......Page 166
Select bibliography......Page 177
Author index......Page 183
Subject index......Page 185