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Alec Nove (1915–1994)

Author of An Economic History of the U.S.S.R.

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Includes the names: Alec Nove, Alec Nove

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The New Economics (1965) — Introduction, some editions — 9 copies

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Birthdate
1915-11-24
Date of death
1994-05-15
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Birthplace
St. Petersburg, Russia
Occupations
Economist

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was recommended this via a leftist reading list but within the first part the editor nove asserts Stalin killed near 20 million peasants so I'm gonna pluck something from the debunking anticommunist masterpost next
 
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robinmusubi | Jun 5, 2020 |
 
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LOM-Lausanne | Apr 29, 2020 |
Various authors have asserted that the Soviet economy grew at an astonishing rate, despite the Cold War, finally succumbing to the pressures of the arms race. I am not so sure...

Earlier edition: (The Minerva Series No.6 1961 pub: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. London Brian Chapman, General Ed.)


--planning was a beauraucratic nightmare!


--says (p. 190) "western prices of capital-intensive goods are relatively much more affected by the burden of interest on capital..."
 
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