San José State University Department of Economics

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The Economic History of the Soviet Union

• The Highlights of Soviet History
• The Inception of Soviet Planning in the 1920's
• The Feudal Character of Soviet Socialism
• The Life and Career of Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili
• The Misallocation of Capital
• The Economics of the GULAG
• The Stalin Model for Enterprise Management
• The Metallurgical Complex at Norilsk in Northern Siberia
• The Mistaken Choices in Techniques for the Production of Electricity
• The Steel City at Magnitogorsk (Magnet Mountain)
• Excerpts from Khrushchev's Speech Denouncing Stalin
• The Fruit and Vegetable Distribution System of Moscow
  Until It Was Reformed by Luzhkov
• The Reason for the Collapse of the Soviet Union
• Soviet Inefficiencies
• The Tragedy of Soviet Agriculture
• Why the Attempted Coup d'État in the Soviet Union in 1991 Failed
• What Happened to the Soviet Coup Leaders?

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