Talk:1965 Soviet economic reform

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Did you know... that the 1965 Soviet economic reform counteracted wage reforms which had just been introduced?

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Disfavor for price and mathematical economics during Stalinism[edit]

I was wondering about this sentence, given that Stalin was amazed by the work of Oskar Lange and made him work for the polish government. I tried to find the source of this proposition, "Katz, Economic Freedom (1972)" in order to check that but I can't find a single mention of that book.

If this sentence is only written because of one trial, I think it's too much. There was many political trials during Stalinism and it does not mean that "mathematical economy" was especially disregarded. Arnsy (talk) 09:29, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sources to improve the article[edit]

Schroeder, Gertrude E. (July 1968). "Soviet Economic 'Reforms': A Study in Contradictions". Soviet Studies. 20 (1). Taylor & Francis, Ltd.: 1-21.
Kontorovich, Vladimir (April 1988). "Lessons of the 1965 Soviet Economic Reform". Soviet Studies. 40 (2). Taylor & Francis, Ltd.: 308-316.
Kushnirsky, Fyodor I., Soviet Economic Planning, 1965-1980. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1982.
Nove, Alec, An Economic History of the USSR 1917-1991, Penguin, 1992 (final edition)
Schroeder, Gertrude E. "Economic Reform of Socialism: The Soviet Record". doi:10.1177/0002716290507001004. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

-- John Broughton (♫♫) 17:58, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Revision of the article and removal of data tables[edit]

In this recent revision of the article, I removed the following two data tables:

Average annual growth, %
years	gross social product	national income
1961—1965	6,5	6,5
1966—1970	7,4	7,7
1971—1975	6,4	5,7
1975—1979	4,4	4,4

Economic performance over the previous year (1960 = 100)
year	gross output	number of employed persons	fixed productive assets
1965	148	123	186
1970	163	115	152
1975	137	108	151
1979	116	107	134

The tables look nice and aren't irrelevant to the issue at hand, but I fear that they fail to provide enough context and don't show data that could be easily/well interpreted by a reader. I don't feel too strongly about this decision, so if other people think the tables belong, we can put them back in. We might also use other more illustrative tables—for example, ones which showed year-by-year changes from, say, 1963 through 1971. peace & blessings, groupuscule (talk) 16:51, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]