U.S.S.R. in crisis: The failure of an economic system

by Marshall I. Goldman

book

Genres: History, Russian History

210 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1983

About the author

Marshall Goldman was Professor of Economics Emeritus at Wellesley College and Senior Scholar at the Davis Center for Russian Studies at Harvard University. An internationally recognized authority on Russian history, politics, and economics, he met with Mikhail Gorbachev and interviewed Vladimir Putin, and advised former President George H.W. Bush and President George W. Bush on Russia. Goldman wrote for publications like Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic Monthly; and appeared on numerous television programs, including The News Hour, Crossfire, Face the Nation, The Today Show, and Nightline.

Reviews

[Addison Mills]

crazy entertaining and fast paced for a book on economics. fantastic read that's easy to grasp. it's wild how accurately predictive the content is with the benefit of historical hindsight.