History of Russian Economic Thought

University of Birmingham

• Preface. Acknowledgements. Timeline. Part 1: Introduction 1. The General Approach Adopted 2. Russia and Its Economists 3. Issues in the History of Russian Economic Thought 4. Conclusion Part 2: Prelude 1. Western Economic Theory in Russia 2. Indigenous Economic Thought 3. Russian Economy for Western Readers 4. Conclusion Part 3: The Russian Economic Mind under Tsarism, 1870-1890 1. Classical Economics in Russia 2. Historical Political Economy in Russia 3. Marxist Economics in Russia 4. Narodnik Economics in Russia 5. Ministers of Finance 6. Conclusion Part 4: Socialism and Development in Late Tsarism, 1890-1913 1. Legal Marxism 2. National Development 3. Non-Marxian Socialism 4. Conclusion Part 5: Economic Theory in Late Tsarism, 1890-1913 1. Mathematical Economics 2. Statistical Theory 3. Public Finance 4. The Theory of Markets 5. Conclusion Part 6: Interregnum 1. Russian War Finance 2. Economic Theory in Wartime 3. The Economics of Imperialism 4. Conclusion Part 7: The Russian Economic Mind under Bolshevism, 1917-1929 1. The Consequences of Bolshevik Control 2. From War Communism to NEP 3. Agricultural Economics in NEP 4. The Economics of Planning 5. Business Cycle Analysis 6. Institutional Economists on Socialism 7. Conclusion Part 8: The Russian Economic Mind under Stalinism, 1929-1940 1. Intellectual Exile 2. Officially Sanctioned Economic Discourse 3. Émigré Economists 4. Western Economists on the Soviet System 5. Conclusion Part 9: Conclusion 1. The Tragedy of Russian Economics 2. The Currents and Themes of Russian Economics Part 10: Epilogue 1. Soviet Economics After Stalin 2. The Restoration of Market Forms of Control. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Name Index. Subject Index