'The most balanced attempt yet in the English language to describe the Soviet economy as it is ... sane and perceptive analysis.' - The Economist'There has been nothing in English ... to compare with this book for scholarship and honesty.' - Times Educational Supplement'The pride and joy of this year's publishing on the Soviet Union.' - David Shapiro, Time and Tide

• Introduction: Why and how Part I: Structure 1. Productive enterprises 3. Administration, planning, policy decision Introduction: The nature of the task 4. Public finance and credit 5. Wages and prices Part II: Problems 6. The changing nature of problems 7. Micro-economic problems 8. Planning and investment 9. The pricing of factors of production 10. Trends towards reform Part III: Concepts And Ideas 11. Some basic concepts of Soviet economics 12. Soviet economics and economic laws 13. Assessment