The Soviet Economy: An Introduction

agricultural all-union allocation authorities basis budget calculation capital cent central committee chapter co-operatives collective-farm commodities concerned consumers costs Council countries credits critics decisions decree deliveries detailed discussed econ economic economists effect Ekon enterprises example exist expenditures fact factory farms financed functions fund given Gosbank Gosplan growth important increase industry instance investment Khoz khozraschyot kolkhozy labour law of value linear programming material ment milliards ministries Moscow national income necessary Nemchinov Novozhilov obkom oblast official omic organs output plan overfulfilment party payments peasants period plan fulfilment planners political Pravda priority prises problems production profits raion reform regional relative republican republics requirements retail prices revenues roubles RSFSR scarcity sector social Soviet economy Soviet Union sovkhoz sovnarkhoz SSSR Stalin statistics success indicators supply techniques tion trade trudodni turnover tax USSR various VSNKh wages western workers