Measuring the Performance of a Communist Command Economy: An Assessment of the CIA Estimates for the U.S.S.R.
There are major methodological and practical problems in comparing the performance of capitalist and communist economies. They have been most carefully analyzed for the former Soviet Union, for which there was a huge research input, mainly by the CIA. The CIA effort had considerable merit, particularly in assessing Soviet rates of growth. Unfortunately, it was terminated in 1991, partly because it suffered from unduly harsh criticism, partly because its political relevance waned. However, the CIA archives remain an important source for the study of comparative economic growth. It would be extremely useful if they were opened to scholars, a serious loss if they were destroyed. Copyright 1998 by The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth.
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1998
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Authors: | Maddison, Angus |
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Review of Income and Wealth. - International Association for Research in Income and Wealth - IARIW. - Vol. 44.1998, 3, p. 307-23
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International Association for Research in Income and Wealth - IARIW |
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