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Private Enterprise in Soviet Agriculture in the 1970's

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Elmar Jarvesoo
Elmar Jarvesoo*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Food Economics, University of Massachusetts/Amherst
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Extract

The Soviet economic system is based on the principle of public ownership of all means of production. Consequently, private enterprise in Soviet socialist economy as a rule is not tolerated, allegedly to exclude unearned income and to prevent “exploitation of man by man”. From the Soviet point of view, private enterprise is a disturbing and unpredictable element in their system of central planning, command economy and Party control. If it is not considered an outright crime it is characterized in the Soviet Union as a parasitic, socially unnecessary activity undertaken primarily for personal profiteering and for obtaining unearned income – all unacceptable activities in a socialist society.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , May 1974 , pp. 48 - 63
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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Footnotes

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The assistance of departmental colleagues Professor R.L. Christensen and Professor J.W. Callahan in improving the clarity of presentation and style is gratefully acknowledged. Thanks are due to the Journal's reviewer, Dr. Roger S. Euler, U.S.D.A., for a detailed review and for suggesting several changes.

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