ABSTRACT

The most agonizing and protracted of all the Soviet reform debates has been the debate over economic reform. This anthology of essays and roundtables from party, professional and literary journals surveys the key issues in the market debate.

part I|298 pages

The Market Debate

chapter |33 pages

New Anxieties

chapter |20 pages

The Creation of a Market

An EKO Roundtable

chapter |25 pages

You Can't Outsmart Life

A Discussion of the Proposed Law on Property in the USSR (A Kommunist Roundtable)

chapter |16 pages

What Path Should We Take?

An EKO Roundtable

chapter |13 pages

The Anatomy of Prices

An Interview on a Topic of the Day

chapter |16 pages

The Banking System

Paths of Reform

chapter |35 pages

Channeling Personal Savings into Production

A Discussion among the Editors of Voprosy ekonomiki

chapter |29 pages

How Can Unemployment Be Avoided?

A Voprosy ekonomiki Roundtable

part II|100 pages

The Plans

chapter |47 pages

The "Ryzhkov Plan"

Economic Report of Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov to the Supreme Soviet

chapter |37 pages

The "Shatalin Plan"

Transition to a Market Economy

chapter |14 pages

The "Gorbachev Plan"

Basic Guidelines for the Stabilization of the National Economy and the Transition to a Market Economy