Restructuring the Soviet Economy - 9781138436053

Taylor & Francis

David Dyker argues that the current chaos in the Soviet economy can only be understood in the context of the failure of 50 years of central planning. He analyzes this and some of the new problems on the way to assessing whether the reforms will succeed. > Restructuring the Soviet Economy examines the Soviet leadership's most urgent question - how to revitalize the soviet economy. David Dyker argues that the current impasse can can only be understood in the context of the failure of 60 years of central planning. He analyses both the problems besetting the centrally planned system and those that have paralysed perestroika and assesses whether the most ambitious attempt ever to reform the Soviet economy will succeed. > 1. The Historical Origins of the Soviet Planning System 2. Soviet Planning in Practice 3. The Reforms of the 1960s and why they Failed 4. Gorbachev's Perestroika Programme 5. The Special Problem of Agriculture 6. The Special Problem of Contruction and Investmentw