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Meltdown: Inside the Soviet Economy Paperback – January 1, 1990

by Paul Craig Roberts (Author)
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Inside the Soviet Economy
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  1. Print length
    152 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Cato Inst
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1990
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.5 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0932790801
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0932790804
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cato Inst (January 1, 1990)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 152 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0932790801
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0932790804
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Paul Craig Roberts

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Dr. Paul Craig Roberts was the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration, associate editor and columnist for the Wall Street Journal, columnist for Business Week, the Scripps Howard News Service, and Creators Syndicate. He has testified before Congress on 30 occasions. His unparalleled website, www.PaulCraigRoberts.org, has millions of visitors every year.

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  • George White
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for both the layman and the intellectual
    Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2017
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    Great book for both the layman and the intellectual. The layman gets a good understanding of how the Soviet economy failed so badly, and the intellectual gets an understanding of why it collapsed. In fact when one reads it one begins to think less of a collapse, as much as they do about how it failed from the beginning and never was able to sustain a decent life for the average USSR citizen.
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  • The Lovecratian Recluse
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but lacking in good source material
    Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2014
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    Overall this is a good book that depicts the everyday life during the final years of the Soviet Union. Revealing how endemic the problems of a Planned State economy were back then and why Soviet Socialism had failed. The only issue though is it relied way too heavily on news articles and not enough citations in certain sections of their work. I wouldn't recommend this for the casual read, but more so for students of history who would want to compare with other works of the time period as well as what is available today for compare and contrast in developing as much of a precise picture of history as possible.
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  • J. Baptiste
    5.0 out of 5 stars One of its kind
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2008
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    I have studied the USSR quite a bit, but have never come across a book like this. It is basically a collection of illuminating and often entertaining news stories published throughout the 80s in various Soviet newspapers. Dr. Paul Craig Roberts is an excellent scholar, and he analyzes the stories through a broader theoretical perspective on markets and central planning. This is relatively light reading and highly recommended, both for the absolute beginner to the USSR and for the more advanced reader.
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