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Economic History of the Soviet Union

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Introduction to Soviet Economic History
Why Study Marx?
The Soviet Union: An Experiment in Marxism
Lessons from the Soviet Union
Stages of Central Planning and Marxism in the Soviet Union
Lessons for Public versus Private Ownership

Marx's Labor Theory of Value
Introduction to the Labor Theory of Value
Labor as the Source of Property Rights
Subjective Value and Useful Labor
Marx's Exploitation Theory and Economies of Scale
Price, Wages, and Planning
From Marx to Lenin

Planning to Plan
Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Planning to Plan
Corporatism: State Capitalism
Engels, Marx, and Lenin on Planning

Marxist Utopianism
The Bolshevik Vision
Prerequisites to a Utopian Society
Transformation to a Worker State
Spiritual and Historical Outcomes of Common Ownership

From Revolution to Planning
Introduction to the Russian Revolution
War Communism
Bolshevism and the Planned Economy
Money and Banking Under Lenin
Lenin's First Five Year Plan

War Communism: Lessons for Leaders
Learning from Mistakes in Central Planning
Austrian Predictions About Socialist Russia
Soviet Lessons Learned About Labor and Democracy
Soviet Lessons Learned about Money, Capital and Interest

The Retreat to Markets: The New Economic Policy
The Retreat from War Communism
Reintroducing Markets to Encourage Production
What Was the New Economic Policy?
Competition Between the State and Private Sector

The New Economic Policy in Crisis
The Scissors Crisis
Response to the Scissors Crisis: Rationalization of the Economy
Imbalance in Crop Prices and the Government Response
Nationalization of Industry and Shortages in Industrialized Sectors

Stalinism and Alternatives
Inevitability of Stalinism
Opposition to Stalinism Within the Communist Left
Opposition from Democratic Centralists and 'The Workers Opposition'
The Left Opposition

The Path to Stalinism and the Party Line
Stalin and the Party Line
Bukharin Turns on Trotsky
Conspiracy and Fear: Buy-in to the Party Line
Trotsky on The Party and Stalinism

Stalin's Rise and The Tragedy of Collectivization
Stalin the Moderate
What Forced Collectivization?
Collective Farms and Hoarding Grain
Chaos in Central Planning: Resource Shortages and Waste
Peasant Revolts in Response to Forced Collectivization
Consequences of Forced Collectivization
Could Socialism Survive the Crisis?

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Subjective Value and Useful Labor

Instructor: Guinevere Liberty Nell

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