An Analysis of Russian Economy

Introductory Note

A – Overview – (December 1942)

I – The Approach

II – A Statistical Abstract of the USSR

III – Plans and Accomplishments

1 – First Five Year Plan, 1928–32
2 – The Second Five Year Plan, 1932–37
3 – The Third Five Year Plan and Labor Productivity

B – “Socialist Accumulation” – (January 1943)

I – The “Socialized” State Budget, or Turnover

II – Fight for Profit, or the Modus Operandi of a Soviet Undertaking

C – The Economics of Russian Agriculture, 1928–41

I – The World Crisis and the Russian Famine

1 – The World Market and the Russian Agricultural Crisis
2 – The Effect of the Russian Famine on the Population.

II – The Free Market on the Countryside

III – Private Property in the Kolkhozy; Millionaires and Paupers

IV – Mechanization and Unemployment in the Countryside

D – Social Classes in Russia – (February 1943)

I – The Proletariat

1 – The Worker and the Law
2 – Ending Depersonalization and Creating Stakhanovism
3 – Ending Rationing and Producing Luxury Goods
4 – The Worker’s Standard of Living at the Outbreak of War

II – The Intelligentsia: The Social Physiognomy of the Ruling Class