Socialist Economies Are Impossible: Lessons from Russia, 1917–22

Tags: World History

03/15/2022 Bas Spliet

Socialization of the economy led to immediate disaster. In 1920–21, Bolshevik agrarian policy culminated in a famine with an impact unparalleled in modern European history.

Original Article: "Socialist Economies Are Impossible: Lessons from Russia, 1917–22"

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