Influence of Ideology on the Development of Political Economy in the USSR in 1920–1930s

Authors

  • Леонид Дмитриевич Широкорад St. Petersburg State University, 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7006-5067

Abstract

Analyzing negative consequences of the state influence on the development of political economy in Russia, the author emphasizes that the State ideology never has interfered in this science (as well as in other social sciences) in so imperious manner as in the Soviet period. The article reveals that after the October 1917, the process of forcing the most skilled scientists out of political economy was started. 1930s proved to be particularly destructive in this respect: the standards of research and teaching in political economy have been unusually low by the end of this decade.

Keywords:

ideology, state ideology, depletion of economic science, libertarian conception, ideologization of political economy

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Author Biography

Леонид Дмитриевич Широкорад, St. Petersburg State University, 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation

заслуженный деятель науки РФ, доктор экономических наук, профессор

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Published

2010-03-30

How to Cite

Широкорад, Л. Д. (2010). Influence of Ideology on the Development of Political Economy in the USSR in 1920–1930s. St Petersburg University Journal of Economic Studies, (1), 077–081. Retrieved from https://economicsjournal.spbu.ru/article/view/2984

Issue

No. 1 (2010)

Section

The history of economic growth and economic thought

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Articles of the St Petersburg University Journal of Economic Studies are open access distributed under the terms of the License Agreement with Saint Petersburg State University, which permits to the authors unrestricted distribution and self-archiving free of charge.

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