“Professor Roberts’ explanation of Soviet economic development is timely, and it fills a noticeable void in the existing literature. The book is beneficial reading for experts and non-experts alike who wish to understand the theoretical Marxian framework within which the Soviet economy grew and declined.”

– ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI, former National Security Advisor

“Alienation and the Soviet Economy analyzes the inherent weaknesses of Soviet planning, and has been widely praised by members of the Russian Academy of Sciences.”

– THE NEW YORK TIMES

“This book of original scholarship, Alienation and the Soviet Economy, exposes the ideological origins of socialist efforts at central planning and confirms that there is no alternative to the market for a modern economy.”

– OLEG BOGOMOLOV, Director, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

“Paul Craig Roberts, in an almost unique combination of economic expertise and common sense, has devastatingly shown not merely the inherent non-viabilities within the Soviet economy, but also how and why some supposed Western experts thought it was working fairly well.”

– ROBERT CONQUEST, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

“The Soviet Union has done the world an immense favor by proving that economic planning cannot work. Professor Roberts has insightfully proved an account of, and intellectual reasoning for, the disaster. What better laboratory could American advocates of government control of economic activity have?”

– WALTER E. WILLIAMS, Professor of Economics, George Mason University