The return to the branch management of industry and its elevation to a new level create conditions favorable to the scientifically substantiated resolution of the problem of branch development as a whole in all its aspects. In this area considerable use must be made of mathematical methods and...

I consented to the republication of my book in the USA in the belief that such republication is an act of useful scholarly exchange. In my work, I clarify my position with respect to the role played by profit in a socialist economy. Profit is one of the most important indices of the operation of...

The development of integrative processes in international economic (and not only economic) life is a characteristic feature in the modern world. The concentration and internationalization of production and the new needs of scientific and technological progress have become the objective basis of...

Man has now drawn virtually all types of natural resources located close to the earth's surface into his activity, and the development of space and the shelf zones of the ocean has begun. Our activity is appreciably changing the natural course of spontaneous phenomena on the surface of the...

The further improvement of the utilization of labor resources in the national economy is one of the most important ways to increase the effectiveness of social production. As emphasized at the Twenty-fifth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the orientation toward effectiveness...

Developed socialism is a historical period, the characteristic features of which are determined by the production relations that form under the influence of the scientific and technological revolution in the second half of the twentieth century. The properties of this period of social...

The world food problem is currently the focal point of particular attention. It embraces a broad spectrum of issues, chief among which are: the creation of stable food resources; the correspondence of their volume and structure to the size of the population; the attainment of physiologically...

The present stage of economic and social development of Soviet society is characterized by the heightened orientation of national economic plans toward raising the people's living standard. "At the present time," L. I. Brezhnev emphasizes, "the highest goal of socialist production is directly...

By decision of the Soviet Government the gold content of the ruble was raised, effective January 1, 1961, from 0.222168 grams to 0.987412 grams. Simultaneously the rate of exchange of the ruble with respect to the US dollar was also raised; it is now equal to 90 kopeks instead of four rubles. The...

In Number two of the magazine "The Quarterly Journal of Economics" for 1957 published by Harvard University, in the U.S., there is an article by the American economist David Granick, "Economic Development and Productivity Analysis: The Case of Soviet Metalworking." One has to note in the very...