The end of the Soviet Union
Did it fall, or was it pushed
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6251580 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Rutland (0000-0002-0379-6302, Wesleyan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 565-578 |
| Publication date | 1994-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08913819408443361 |
| OpenAlex | W2128539851 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Peter Boettke's Why Perestroika Failed offers an overly mechanistic explanation for the collapse of the Soviet economy, derived from Mises's theory of the economic impossibility of socialism. Arguing that the economic system was doomed to fail does not explain why it fell precisely when it did. Thus, Boettke underestimates the extent to which elements of the Communist nomenklatura themselves came to realize that their interests could be served by ditching the command economy. Such an emphasis on the role of human agents is surely compatible with a Hayekian approach
Communism · Economic system · Economics · Fall of man · Fell · Impossibility · Law and economics · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Socialist economics · Soviet union · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Russia and Soviet political economy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2010 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |