TY - BOOK AU - Conklin,David W. TI - An evaluation of the Soviet profit reforms: with special reference to agriculture AV - HC336.23 .C63 U1 - 330.947'085 PY - 1970/// CY - New York PB - Praeger Publishers KW - Agriculture and state KW - Prices KW - Profit KW - Soviet Union N1 - Based on the author's thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Includes bibliographical references: p. 175-192 N2 - The first part of this book discusses the shortcomings of the economic system instituted by Stalin and maintained until 1965. The second part analyzes the shift from detailed central planning to a new system that seeks to combine central planning with decentralized decision making. therefore Analysis of the new planning framework was required to developed a new theory. In the exploration of this theory, the author concludes that many significant questions cannot be answered on a theoretical basis alone ER -