A Marxist Analysis of the Soviet Economy by Erwan Moysan - 9781041214878

A Marxist Analysis of the Soviet EconomyAuthor(s): Erwan Moysan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781041214878, 978-1041214878\nSynopsis\nAnalysing Soviet economic history through the lens of Marxs critique of political economy, this book argues that the Soviet Union was a young capitalist country and, further, explains the collapse of the Soviet Union as the result of a capitalist crisis.\n\nThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the Soviet economy through a Marxist lens and provides a digestible definition of the capitalist mode of production according to Marx, refuting criticism of his thought based on association with the USSR. This book also refutes other theories about the Soviet Union, such as the theory of a degenerated workers state, theories of the Soviet Union having a new mode of production, and even other theories of capitalist USSR, as inadequate because they take the Soviet economy to be superi.