Alienation and the Soviet Economy: The Collapse of the Socialist Era (Independent Studies in Political Economy) by Paul C. Roberts - 1991

New York, New York: Holmes & Meier Pub, 1991. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and red wrapper with white lettering. 123 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages! "When Alienation and the Soviet Economy first appeared in 1971, its seminal scholarship was inconvenient for professional Sovietologists enamored of socialist central planning. Yet the cascade of current events has fully vindicated all its most controversial conclusions about the failure of Marxist theory and the Soviet economy. Today Soviet and Eastern European leaders themselves admit that if their countries are to escape economic catastrophe and emerge as full-fledged market economies, they must absorb the truths in this increasingly influential work............". First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.