Disintegration of the Soviet Economic System

Michael Ellman and Vladimir Kontorovich

• 1. Overview Michael Ellman and Vladimir Kontorovich Part 1. Economics, Politics and Society 2. The Soviet Economy and International Politics Russell Bova 3. Social and Moral Aspects of the Crisis: Their Sources and Consequences Iurii Levada Part 2. Macroeconomic Developments 4. Economic Growth in the 1980s Grigorii Khanin 5. Soviet Consumption in the 1980s: A Tale of Woe Gertrude E. Schroeder 6. Money in the 1980s: From Disequilibrium to Collapse Michael Ellman Part 3. Regions and Sectors 7. The Central Asian Economy in Comparative Perspective Alastair McAuley 8. Allocation of Investment among Soviet Republics in the 1980s John P. Burkett 9. The Railroads Vladimir Kontorovich 10. Agriculture’s Role in the Soviet Economic Crisis Edward C. Cook 11. Technological Progress and Research and Development Vladimir Kontorovich Part 4. Quality of Life 12. The Environment: From Stagnation to Collapse Zeev Wolfson 13. Health W. Ward Kingkade