One The foundations of disequilibrium and shortage models of centrally planned economies -- 1 Introduction to models of disequilibrium and shortage in centrally planned economies -- 2 The theory and measurement of macroeconomic disequilibrium in centrally planned economies -- 3 The economics of...

The study of the elderly in Russia is important because they constitute a significant social group in a country that is the world's biggest in geographic terms, has a large population (144 million in 2005), is part of both Asia and Europe, and has been transformed from a backward feudal one to...

The Soviet Union was able to develop a large military-industrial complex and become the world's second superpower despite deficiencies in its centrally planned economy because defence was given high priority status and special planning, rationing and administrative mechanisms were used to attain...