Kondratiev and the Dynamics of Economic Development: Long Cycles and Industrial Growth in Historical Context (Studies in Russian and East European History and Society)

Barnett presents the first in-depth analysis in English of the pioneer of long cycle analysis, N.D. Kondratiev (1892-1938), who was a key policy adviser to the Soviet government in the early part of the 1920s. Kondratiev developed a market-led industrialization strategy for the USSR, in direct opposition to Stalin's centrally-planned industrialization programme, and was the director of the Conjuncture Institute, a centre for the study of business cycles and forecasting between 1920 and 1928. It was within the Conjuncture Institute that Kondratiev developed his analysis of long cycles. Barnett covers all aspects of Kondratiev's work. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction....Pages 1-20 Kondratiev before the Conjuncture Institute....Pages 21-46 Kondratiev and Economic Policy during NEP ....Pages 47-85 Kondratiev’s Trip Overseas, 1924-25....Pages 87-104 Kondratiev, Long Cycles and Economic Conjuncture ....Pages 105-142 Kondratiev and the Economics of Planning ....Pages 143-168 Kondratiev and Soviet Industrialisation Strategy ....Pages 169-187 Kondratiev in the 1930s....Pages 189-204 Conclusions....Pages 205-212 Back Matter....Pages 213-251 Barnett (research fellow at the Center for Russian and East European Studies, U. of Birmingham) analyzes the life and theoretical innovations of the founder of long cycle analysis, N. D. Kondratiev (1892-1938). Kondratiev was a key economic policy advisor to the Soviet government in the early 1920s before falling out of favor after 1926, being jailed in 1930, and finally being executed in 1938. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Vincent Barnett. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 239-246) And Indexes.