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The Environmental Economy of the Soviet Famine in Ukraine in 1933: A Critique of Several Papers by Natalya Naumenko

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  • Mark B. Tauger

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This paper critiques a 2021 article and two other papers by the economist Natalya Naumenko (and in one case two collaborators) that attempt to analyze the causes of famine mortality in Ukraine in the Soviet famine of 1932–1933. It shows that Naumenko’s work contained significant omissions and misrepresentations of crucial evidence and my own publications, and incorrect descriptions of that period’s history, including statistical evidence, the environmental-agricultural disasters of 1931–1932, and the character and effects of Soviet policies regarding peasant trade and collectivization. It also addresses her inconsistent assertions regarding whether the Soviet regime intentionally imposed the famine on Ukrainians.

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  • Mark B. Tauger, 2023. "The Environmental Economy of the Soviet Famine in Ukraine in 1933: A Critique of Several Papers by Natalya Naumenko," Econ Journal Watch, Econ Journal Watch, vol. 20(2), pages 254–303-2, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ejw:journl:v:20:y:2023:i:2:p:254-303
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    Keywords

    Ukraine; USSR; famine; environment; scholarly ethics;
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    JEL classification:

    • P2 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • N44 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Europe: 1913-
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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