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The origins of the Russian economics backwardness: the case of one region
[Истоки Отставания Российской Экономической Науки: Случай Одного Региона]

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  • Alexander A. Maltsev

    (MSU - Lomonosov Moscow State University, CRIISEA - Centre de Recherche sur les Institutions, l'Industrie et les Systèmes Économiques d'Amiens - UR UPJV 3908 - UPJV - Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Ural State University of Economics)

  • Vasiliy Sukhih

    (Ural State University of Economics)

Abstract

The reasons for the poor state of the Russian community of economists and its low international reputation have been widely discussed in the literature. Despite numerous studies, there is lack of consensus among scholars on the issues that caused backwardness of the Russian economics. We believe that one of the possible explanations for this phenomenon is the power struggle of the 1920s within Communist party that led not only to extreme dogmatization of the Soviet economics and its isolation from global economic discourse, but also to the hyper-centralization of economic research and training of economists in several centers. In this article, using the example of Yekaterinburg / Sverdlovsk of the 1920s, we examine the ideological and political motives behind Soviet government fears to provide regions with opportunity to develop economic research and professional training.

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  • Alexander A. Maltsev & Vasiliy Sukhih, 2019. "The origins of the Russian economics backwardness: the case of one region [Истоки Отставания Российской Экономической Науки: Случай Одного Региона]," Post-Print hal-04088077, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04088077
    DOI: 10.24411/2587-7666-2019-10206
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