ABSTRACT
In the Western tradition, human rights in the economic sphere consist primarily of the freedoms of individuals to choose how they prefer to live as producers and consumers and to own, use, and dispose of goods and services. The protection of economic and political freedoms is subject to essentially the same set of conditions. In the case of economic freedom it also is affected more directly by the economic performance of the country; economic freedom in turn has a determining effect on economic performance. Collectivization through the formation of cooperatives to amalgamate small private businesses was connected with the state’s effort to control supplies of all goods as they moved from one state enterprise to another or from state-controlled collectives to other state sectors and to private consumers. The chapter discusses the economic consequences of the strategems from the human rights perspective. These strategems are based on several principles used to determine approach and timing.
