This book aims to shed new light on the puzzle of the late Soviet conversion to the "market" and capitalism by revisiting the history of Soviet reform economics. Using a variety of sources, including interviews with economists, archival files, and published materials, it examines the social contexts in which economists employed in economic administration and research institutions could have played a crucial public and political role, the forms of their participation, and the social and political logic behind the selection of economic experts and their rise to power during perestroika and the "transition" period. It also compares the professional trajectories of these reformist economists and assesses the scope of this group's influence in the post-Soviet period in order to conclude on the new state of economic expertise in Russia.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1 - Introduction. Economists and social change. - Chapter 2 - In the service of the Soviet state. - Chapter 3 - Academic-bureaucratic nexus. - Chapter 4 - Economists and Politics. - Chapter 5 - Economists in Government. - Chapter 6 - Economists in Transition. Chapter 7 - Economic knowledge and authoritarian state.
Kirtchik s book is a landmark study, remarkable for its depth and empirical richness. . . . The meticulous documentation of individual economists, their career trajectories, institutional affiliations, and ideological evolutions provides a definitive resource for scholars of post-socialist transition. . . . for an expert readership, Economic Knowledge in Crisis will likely become a foundational reference for understanding the intellectual history of Russia s economic transformation. (Tobias Rupprecht, OEconomia, Vol. 15 (2), 2025)
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