History 328
History of the Soviet Union since 1917
September 23, 2002
The New Economic Policy
I. Crisis of revolution
A. Peasant support
B. Alternate solutions
1. continued militarization
2. concessions to peasantry
II. New Economic Policy as cumulative set of policies
A. replace produce requisition with produce tax
B. legalization of trade
C. property rights
D. cash and credit
E. peasants need manufactured goods
III. What happened to socialism?
A. control of "commanding heights"
1. Banks and foreign trade A market during NEP
2. industry
B. Regulation of private sector
IV. The NEP sector of the economy
A. The rise of the Nepman
B. The economic niche of the Nepman
V. Can a mixed economy work?
A. Economic results - scissors crisis
B. Problem of attitudes
C. Economic results - paths of development
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