[GAWickowski]

Professor Herbener,

Could you please recommend at least one good (basic) article or book on the economic conditions of the Soviet Union from a historical or empirical point of view?

Although I’m aware of sources that deal with socialism from a theoretical perspective, I’m not so sure of good references outside those.

I’m writing a short paper for an English composition class hoping to convince others on the importance of understanding basic economics. I would like to cite such an article/book and quote it to give a concrete example of what socialism can do.

Thank you so much.

[jmherbener]

Here’s a popular article by Yuri Malstev, an economist who defected from the U.S.S.R.:

https://mises.org/daily/3105

It has a good bibliography at the end.

Also, take a look at the books by Paul Craig Roberts: Alienation and the Soviet Economy and Meltdown, Inside the Soviet Economy.

http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/pages/books/alienation-and-the-soviet-economy-the-collapse-of-the-socialist-era/

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