Domar, the West and Russian economics

A Historical Perspective

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4828779
AutoresMauro Boianovsky (0000-0002-6874-7624, Universidade de Brasília, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen42
Número2
Páginas401-423
Fecha de publicación2022-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBrazilian Journal of Political Economy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0101-3157 • E-ISSN: 1809-4538
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0101-31572022-3397
OpenAlexW4228998332
SCIELO_PIDS0101-31572022000200401
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas47

The paper discusses Evsey Domar's role as a link between economics in the West and in Russia, including his influence on some Brazilian economists. The Russian heritage he brought with him from Harbin (Manchuria) to the US consisted of an interest in socialism and Russian history. He paid close attention to the 1947 Varga controversy in the USSR. Domar's rediscovery of Feldman's (1928) growth model in 1957 brought it to the attention of Western and Soviet economists alike. Soviet economic development was also discussed in his interpretation of Preobrazhensky's (1926) approach to the interaction between agricultural and industrial sectors. Domar's 1966 seminal article on producer cooperatives called attention to Tugan-Baranovsky's 1915 book on the topic. Domar's interest in history resulted in his 1970 hypothesis about the origins of Russian serfdom and of North and South American slavery. Soviet economists paid some attention to Domar's growth models, especially those involving depreciation and the time structure of capital goods

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