The Failure of Soviet Economic Planning: System, Performance, Reform

"... thoughtful and insightful essays... " —Economics of Transition

"This book represents a distinguished collection. Specialists will be pleased to have it on their shelves." —Irish Slavonic Studies

Republics of the former USSR are moving painfully toward a market economy, after their centrally planned economic system collapsed. Robert Campbell, respected specialist on the economy of the former Soviet Union, probes the evolution, behavior, and fatal weaknesses of the Soviet planned economy. His book is an indispensable resource for understanding what the Soviet economic system was and why it failed.

"... thoughtful and insightful essays... " — Economics of Transition

"This book represents a distinguished collection. Specialists will be pleased to have it on their shelves." — Irish Slavonic Studies

Republics of the former USSR are moving painfully toward a market economy, after their centrally planned economic system collapsed. Robert Campbell, respected specialist on the economy of the former Soviet Union, probes the evolution, behavior, and fatal weaknesses of the Soviet planned economy. His book is an indispensable resource for understanding what the Soviet economic system was and why it failed.

ROBERT W. CAMPBELL is Distinguished Professor of Economics at Indiana University. He is the author of The Socialist Economies in Transition: A Primer on Semi-Reformed Systems, as well as publications on energy policy, research and development, military affairs, and the telecommunications sector in the USSR.