Russian Political Economy from Utopia to Social Engineering: An Introduction

Akhabbar, Amanar and Allisson, Francois (2014): Russian Political Economy from Utopia to Social Engineering: An Introduction. Published in: Oeconomia , Vol. 1, No. 4 (2014): pp. 5-15.

Abstract

In September 2009, the editors of this special issue organized at Lausanne University a Workshop on the History of Russian Political Economy and Statistics at the turn of the 20th century. When preparing a call for paper for this journal, the editors realized that papers presented at the Lausanne Workshop addressed implicitly or explicitly questions about how to combine Economic Theory, Social Engineering and Utopia. The contributions contained in this issue suggest various possible configurations between these three categories of scientific inquiry.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Russia; Russian Political Economy;Political Economy; Utopia; Social Engineering
• Subjects: B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B1 - History of Economic Thought through 1925; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B2 - History of Economic Thought since 1925; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B3 - History of Economic Thought: Individuals; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B4 - Economic Methodology

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