Man and Plan in Soviet Economy

Preface iv
I PLANNING AMID DIFFICULTIES 1
1. Two Views of Socialist Economy 1
2. External Relations and Plans, 1920-32 4
3. Planning in the Hitler Period, 1933-41 9
4. The War and After 13
5. The Problem of Devastation 16
II RESOURCES FOR SOVIET PLANNING AND MANAGERIAL INITIATIVE 23
1. The Basis of Soviet Planning 23
2. Accumulation in Soviet Economy 27
3. Costs, Profits and Factory Management 31
4. Control by Bank and Budget 35
III THE WORKERS' EFFORT IN SOVIET PLANNING 41
1. Subbotniks and Reconstruction 41
2. Production Conferences 46
3. The Shock Brigades 51
4. Unity in Multiformity, 1929-33 56
5. Stakhanovites in Peace and War, 1935-45 62
6. Post-war Socialist Emulation 67
IV COLLECTIVE FARMS AND THE INDIVIDUAL 76
1. Collective Farming in Soviet Economy 76
2. The Transformation of Agriculture 82
3. Individual Initiative in Co-operative Husbandry 88
4. The Legacy of War 94
5. Socialist Emulation in the Countryside 99
V TRADE IN THE SYSTEM OF SOVIET PLANNING 106
1. The Development of Soviet Trade 106
2. Wholesale, Retail and Prices Organisation 111
3. Post-war Problems 115
VI INDUSTRIALISATION IN CENTRAL ASIA 122
1. The Economic Past of Soviet Asia 122
2. After the Five Year Plans 126
3. War-time Industrial Advance 129
4. Problems and Prospects 134
AFTERWORD 139
INDEX 143