1) Marx saw private ownership of the means of production (i.e. industry) as the source of<\/p>\n
capitalism\u2019s problems. Describe what \u201creturns to the factors of production\u201d were like in his<\/p>\n
day, and how that might have brought about a collapse of capitalism. (How did the returns to<\/p>\n
these factors impact their ability to consume?)<\/p>\n
2) How has ownership of (and returns to) the factors of production (land, labor, capital) changed<\/p>\n
in western countries since Marx\u2019 time. Can that explain why capitalism did not collapse as<\/p>\n
Marx had predicted?<\/p>\n
3) Marx seemed to think that the dialectical changes in society (Thesis \u2013 Antithesis \u2013 Synthesis<\/p>\n
\u2013 Thesis \u2013 \u2026) generally occurred in big jumps (Feudalism \u2013 Capitalism \u2013 Communism). Did<\/p>\n
the changes discussed in question 2 above occur in big (revolutionary) steps? How might the<\/p>\n
presence (or absence) of democracy have influenced this process?<\/p>\n
4) Describe the Soviet New Economic Plan (NEP) of the 1920\u2019s: What industries were<\/p>\n
nationalized? What was left in private hands? Was private trade allowed?<\/p>\n
5) How did agricultural output compare to industrial output during NEP? Why was this a cause<\/p>\n
for concern for the Bolsheviks?<\/p>\n
6) Describe the industrialization debate between Bukharin and Preobrazhinski. What positions<\/p>\n
did each of these gentlemen take?<\/p>\n
7) When it comes to running the factory, how did Lenin\u2019s view compare to that of Marx? What<\/p>\n
role did the ideas of Fredric Taylor and Henry Ford play in forming the Bolshevik view?<\/p>\n
8) Describe how the collectivization of agriculture was intended to foster industrial growth.<\/p>\n
9) How did the administrative command system give rise to the \u201cshadow Economy\u201d? How did<\/p>\n
the shadow economy foster the rise of the oligarchs during Russia\u2019s transition to capitalism?<\/p>\n
10) How did the planning process lead to inefficient overuse of production inputs?<\/p>\n
11) Who were the nomenklatura and what was their role in industry under the administrative<\/p>\n
command system?<\/p>\n
Ec 412 Spring 2016 Final Review Sheet<\/p>\n
Dr. McLaren Page 2<\/p>\n
12) Why did the privatization of Russia\u2019s industries fail to bring in the needed foreign investment<\/p>\n
and expertise?<\/p>\n
13) How did Boris Berezovski and Vladimir Guzinski accumulate their fortunes? What (if any)<\/p>\n
physical (or intellectual) capital did they produce in return?<\/p>\n
14) Putin has been criticized by western observers for being autocratic. From the perspective of<\/p>\n
a typical Russian citizen in the 1990\u2019s, explain why (or why not) Putin\u2019s autocracy might be<\/p>\n
welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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