In light of what you know about the state of industry and agriculture in the USSR in the 1920s and the experience of the 1930s, evaluate the theoretical arguments of at least 3 of Bukharin, Chayanov, Fellman, and Preobrazhensky. Considering developments in the USSR after the Revolution, indicate which (if any) features of the Soviet economy by the end of the 1930s can only be understood for the reasons below and which should be attributed to other factors. Many features of the state socialist economies, from their degree of centralization, via the share of accumulation in the national income, to their regional policies, can only be understood if their need to catch up with the advanced countries is appreciated. 4 pgs. 0 f/c. 0b.
