The general systems approach has been used to study one of the most intriguing social phenomena in the process of Soviet perestroika. During the period from 1985 to 1991, a dramatic change in public opinion took place from approval of a centralized planning system to overwhelming support for a...

The reorganization of industrial and construction management created more favorable conditions for cost control. In view of this the discussion of these questions at a scientific conference in Sverdlovsk was very useful.

An article by G. Sorokin, entitled "Problems of Providing for Differences Between Prices and Values in Compiling the Balance Sheet for the National Economy" was carried in Vestnik Statistiki, No. 2, 1959. This article posed questions of both theoretical and practical significance. It noted...

The post-war period has been characterized by a considerable expansion of the economic ties between the Soviet Union and foreign powers, and by the appearance and extensive development of new forms of economic collaboration. Among these forms is technical assistance in the construction of...

In the decisions of the Twenty-Fourth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, questions pertaining to the social development of Soviet society and to raising the people's living standard occupy a central place both directly in determining the directions of future growth of socialist...

The present stage in the building of communism is characterized by the ever-increasing complexity of relationships and the deepening interaction between the scientific-technological, production-economic, and social aspects and factors of social progress. In this regard questions pertaining both...