Review
"Alienation and the Soviet Economy provides a clear, forceful interpretation of the Soviet experiment." -- Journal of Economic Issues
"A gem of a book." -- National Review
"For experts and non-experts alike who wish to understand the theoretical Marxian framework within which Soviet economy grew and declined." -- Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor
"Reveals why central planning failed. This classic book provides the intellectual bridge between our past and our future." -- Yuri B. Kochevrin, member, Economic Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
"Roberts’s book provides a valuable reinterpretation of the Soviet economy and Soviet history." -- Russian Review
"Should be used as reading for Soviet economic courses . . . A must for every library with interests in Soviet affairs." -- Choice
This book of original scholarship exposes the ideological origins of socialist efforts at central planning and confirms that there is no alternative to the market for a modern economy -- Oleg Bogomolov, former director, Institute of Economics of the World Socialist System, USSR Academy of Sciences
"A gem of a book." -- National Review
"For experts and non-experts alike who wish to understand the theoretical Marxian framework within which Soviet economy grew and declined." -- Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor
"Reveals why central planning failed. This classic book provides the intellectual bridge between our past and our future." -- Yuri B. Kochevrin, member, Economic Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
"Roberts’s book provides a valuable reinterpretation of the Soviet economy and Soviet history." -- Russian Review
"Should be used as reading for Soviet economic courses . . . A must for every library with interests in Soviet affairs." -- Choice
This book of original scholarship exposes the ideological origins of socialist efforts at central planning and confirms that there is no alternative to the market for a modern economy -- Oleg Bogomolov, former director, Institute of Economics of the World Socialist System, USSR Academy of Sciences
Review
"An almost unique combination of economic expertise and common sense." —Robert Conquest, author of The Great Terror; senior fellow, Hoover Institution
