SocialiSm
Vadim NoVikoV

ScurVy

«Growth rateS
iN uSSr were
hiGher theN iN
uSa»
1987

«caN ecoNomic commaNd
SiGNificaNtly compreSS
aNd accelerate the
Growth proceSS? the
remarkable
performaNce of the
SoViet uNioN SuGGeStS
that it caN. . . . today
[the SoViet uNioN] iS a
couNtry whoSe
ecoNomic achieVemeNtS
bear compariSoN with
thoSe of the uNited
StateS
leSter thurow, 1989

«the u.S. iS Now 45 perceNt
SocialiSt»
miltoN
friedmaN
1989

SocialiSm iS a
failure
+
capitaliSm iS a
SucceSS
the u.S. NeedS
more SocialiSm

«the theory of
the
commuNiStS
may be Summed
up iN the
SiNGle
SeNteNce:
abolitioN of
priVate
property»
karl marx

commuNiSm
=
SocialiSm

commuNiSm
=
SocialiSm
=
faSciSm

«State
takeS all
the milk,
aNd you
haVe the
expeNSe aNd
labor of
feediNG
them»

ethical

JoSeph brodSky

«brodSky forGot that iN our couNtry
a maN Should work, to create ValueS:
machiNeS, bread. we Should force
brodSky to work compulSory».
— VaSily SorokiN
proSecutor
1964

praGmatic

«SocialiSm [iS] aN
iNStitutioNalized
policy of
rediStributioN of
property titleS»
haNS-hermaNN hoppe

caretakerS’ ecoNomy

• fewer productiVe
typeS
• calculatioN problem
• oVeruSe

aVeraGe aNNual Growth
1913-1921 -10,7%
1922-1940 15,3%
1941-1950 4,7%
1951-1960 10,3%
1961-1970 7,0%
1971-1980 4,9%
1981-1985 3,6%
1986-1989 2,7%

commuNiSt couNtrieS
• North korea
• cuba
• chiNa
• laoS
• VietNam