The Crisis of Soviet Industrialization C\ Taylor & Francis ~- Taylor & Francis Group http:/ /taylora n dfra ncis.com The Crisis of Soviet Industrialization SELECTED ESSAYS E.A. Preobrazhensky Edited and with an Introduction by Donald A. Filtzer First published 1979 by M.E. Sharpe Reissued 2018 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN 711 Third Avenue. New York. NY 10017. USA Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright© 1979 by Taylor & Francis. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Notices No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use of operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Practitioners and researchers must always rely on their own experience and knowledge in evaluating and using any information, methods, compounds, or experiments described herein. In using such information or methods they should be mindful of their own safety and the safety of others, including parties for whom they have a professional responsibility. Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Publisher's Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent. Disclaimer The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and welcomes correspondence from those they have been unable to contact. A Library of Congress record exists under LC control number: 78073225 ISBN 13: 978-1-138-89676-5 (hbk) ISBN 13: 978-1-138-89678-9 (pbk) ISBN 13: 978-1-315-17904-9 (ebk) Dedicated to the memory of Isaac Deutscher. More than any other thinker of the postwar years, he helped make clear to my generation that despite the turmoils of the last half-century, socialism and Marxism are still relevant to human needs. C\ Taylor & Francis ~- Taylor & Francis Group http:/ /taylora n dfra ncis.com Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction by Donald A. Filtzer xi PART ONE The Economics of NEP The Outlook for the New Economic Policy (1921) 3 The Economic Policy of the Proletariat in a Peasant Country (1922) 20 PARTTWO Strains in NEP: The Problem of Capital Accumulation Economic Notes I. On the Goods Famine (1925) 33 Economic Notes II. (1926) 42 Economic Notes III. On the Advantage of a Theoretical Study of the Soviet Economy (1926) 54 PART THREE The Theory of Economic Equilibrium in the Mixed Economy The Problem of Economic Equilibrium Under Concrete Capitalism and in the Soviet System (1926) 77 Economic Equilibrium Under Concrete Capitalism and in the System of the USSR (1926) 134 Economic Equilibrium in the System of the USSR (1927) 168 A Select Bibliography of Preobrazhensky’s Works 237 About the Editor 241 C\ Taylor & Francis ~- Taylor & Francis Group http:/ /taylora n dfra ncis.com Acknowledgments Thanks must go, first and foremost, to Michel Vale, a colleague and friend of many years, who helped me to initially organize this project and gave me intellectual encouragement to learn Russian and to make a proper study of the Soviet Union, and Preobra­ zhensky in particular. Without his further practical assistance in editing some of the translations when my time was short, I do not think this book would ever have been finished. Thanks also to Hillel Ticktin, editor of the journal Critique, who, in addition to providing important theoretical guidance in the course of super­ vising my Ph.D. thesis at the University of Glasgow, also helped iron out some of the thornier terminological problems in the texts. Despite the intellectual debt I owe to both these people, it goes without saying that they bear none of the responsibility for whatever shortcomings remain in this volume. Finally, acknowledgement is due to Alec Nove and Alexander Erlich for helpful criticisms and comments on the Introduction and notes to this collection, or on my Ph.D. thesis, that directly or indirectly found their way into the present volume. ix