The USSR Before the Fall: How Poor and Why

This essay appraises the scholarly findings on the level of consumption and output in the USSR, compared with that in the West. Such aggregative calculations are onerous for any country, and not very surprisingly have encountered particular difficulty where such a strange society as Soviet communism...

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Published in:The Journal of economic perspectives 1991-10, Vol.5 (4), p.29-44
Main Author: Bergson, Abram
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggregates
Bias
Consumer economics
Consumption
Economic conditions
Economic indices
Economic theory
Employment
Expenditures
Foreign exchange rates
Government agencies
Gross domestic product
Households
International cooperation
Per capita
Productivity
Purchasing power parity
Symposium on Economic Transition in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
Trade
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Summary:This essay appraises the scholarly findings on the level of consumption and output in the USSR, compared with that in the West. Such aggregative calculations are onerous for any country, and not very surprisingly have encountered particular difficulty where such a strange society as Soviet communism has been in question. Predictably, the results have been controversial, but properly viewed they still provide illuminating perspective on the extraordinary events that have lately transpired in the USSR.
ISSN:0895-3309
1944-7965
DOI:10.1257/jep.5.4.29