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The Soviet Experiment with Pure CommunismPeter J. BoettkeGeorge Mason University - Department of Economics 1988 Critical Review, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 149-182, 1988 Abstract: Following the October Revolution of 1917 the Bolsheviks embarked upon a series of initiatives in order to bring about a socialist economic order. Traditional accounts of these events - "War Communism" and the New Economic Policy - are deficient in two respects. First, they do not consider the policy implications of early twentieth century Marxism. Second, they do not appreciate the economic coordination problems such policies would, and did, encounter. As a result, the standard account of early Soviet socialism is distorted. This paper attempts to rectify these deficiencies by discussing the Bolsheviks' own assessments of their purposes and exploring the consequences of their policies in the period 1918-1921.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 18 JEL Classification: B53, P30, P50, D02 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: January 16, 2010Suggested CitationContact Information
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