What was the logic of the Soviet economy, and where did it falter? We discuss this and other problems of the late Soviet era in the second part of our conversation with 1Dime. If you haven't seen the **first part**, check it out here:
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Reading List:
Allen, R. C. (2021). Farm to factory. Princeton University Press.
Suny, R. G., Martin, T., & Martin, T. D. (Eds.). (2001). A State of Nations: Empire and Nation-making in the Age of Lenin and Stalin. Oxford University Press.
Suny, R. G. (2002). The structure of Soviet history: Essays and documents. Oxford University Press.
Siegelbaum, L. H., & Suny, R. G. (Eds.). (1994). Making workers Soviet: power, class, and identity. Cornell University Press.
Fitzpatrick, S. (1999). Everyday Stalinism: ordinary life in extraordinary times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s. Oxford University Press, USA.
Parenti, M. (1997). Blackshirts and Reds: Rational fascism and the overthrow of communism. City Lights Books.
Peters, B. (2016). How not to network a nation: The uneasy history of the Soviet Internet. MIT Press.
Gerovitch, S. (2008). InterNyet: why the Soviet Union did not build a nationwide computer network. History and Technology, 24(4), 335-350.
Resnick, S. A., & Wolff, R. D. (2013). Class theory and history: Capitalism and communism in the USSR. Routledge.
Cockshott, W. P., & Cottrell, A. (2000). Towards a new Socialism.
Lewin, M. (2005). The soviet century. Verso.
Ticktin, H. H. (1973). Towards a Political Economy of the USSR. Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory, 1(1), 20-41.
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Intro and outro music:
Soviet song (1962) - Glory to the ones who look forward!
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00:00:00 - 00:03:20 Introduction
00:03:20 - 00:24:46 Khrushchev and Revision
00:24:46 - 00:32:30 Austere Life in Socialism?
00:32:30 - 00:37:00 Appeals to the Past
00:37:00 - 00:43:20 (Un)necessary Reforms
00:43:20 - 00:51:30 The Logic of the Soviet Economy
00:51:30 - 01:04:10 Coercion for Economic Progress
01:04:10 - 01:10:00 Stagnation
01:10:00 - 01:15:43 Political Shifts
01:15:43 - 01:36:28 OGAS and Cybernetics
01:36:28 - 01:45:58 Political Rigidity and Barriers to Innovation
01:45:58 - 01:51:39 Irrationality of Reforms
01:51:39 - 01:57:12 Criticism
01:57:12 - 02:11:45 Economic Inefficiencies
02:11:45 - 02:24:45 Reforms (Again)
02:24:45 - 02:30:50 Economic Systems
02:30:50 - 02:42:42 Glasnost and Authoritarianism
02:42:42 - 02:48:10 Readings
02:48:10 - 02:51:54 Conclusion
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