West–Russia–West: The circulation of economic ideas
Open Access
- 31 March 2021
- journal article
- Published by NP Voprosy Ekonomiki in Russian Journal of Economics
- Vol. 7 (1), 1-8
- https://doi.org/10.32609/j.ruje.7.66257
Abstract
The paper serves as an introduction to the RuJE special issue on the circulation of economic ideas between Russia and the West. This circulation is a contentious issue, especially among Russian economists. In this article a specific pattern of West–Russia–West transfer is investigated. The pattern suggests that experiencing strong influence from the West, leading Russian economists developed and modified Western economic theories, adapting them to specific Russian political, ideological and cultural circumstances. As a result, they exerted a certain influence over the next generations of Western economists. Among these circumstances the paper mentions moral and religious factors, the peasant question, the special influence of Marxism, the development of mathematics and statistics in Russia in the 1890s–1920s, and the unique experience of building a planned economy.Keywords
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