The political collapse of the Soviet Union has been much better documented than the course of its economic and social disintegration. To get an inside account,

The inside story of the political collpase of the Soviet Union is far better understood than the course of economic and social disintegration. In order to captu

Never before has there been an attempt to transform a massive state-owned economy into a dynamic free market system. The story of the conversion of the dinosaur

Why did the Soviet economic system fall apart? Did the economy simply overreach itself through military spending? Was it the centrally-planned character of Sovi

This book aims to introduce readers to the important macroeconomic events of the past two hundred years. It explains what went on and why during the most signif