MORE ON THE NATURE OF THE SOVIET SYSTEM

In: Monthly review: an independent socialist magazine, Band 38, Heft 7, S. 31-41

Abstract

IN THIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE ONGOING DEBATE BETWEEN THE AUTHOR AND PAUL SWEEZY, BETTELHEIM EXAMINES THE CAPITALISTIC ASPECTS OF THE SOVIET ECONOMIC SYSTEM, ARGUES THAT THE ECONOMIC CRISES OF THE COUNTRY RESULT FROM A STRUCTURAL CRISIS IN THE PARTY LEADERSHIP AND POLICY, EXPLORES THE ROLE OF ECONOMIC COMPETITION WITHIN THE SOVIET SYSTEM, AND SEES SOVIET EXPANSIONIST POLICY AS A POTENTIAL ROUTE TO STAGNATION. SWEEZY GIVES A REPLY.