A Marxist Analysis of the Soviet Economy

Analysing Soviet economic history through the lens of Marx’s critique of political economy, this book argues that the Soviet Union was a young capitalist country and, further, explains the collapse of the Soviet Union as the result of a capitalist crisis.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Soviet economy through a Marxist lens and provides a digestible definition of the capitalist mode of production according to Marx, refuting criticism of his thought based on association wit...