Communism on the Decline

I The Great Illusions.- 1. Rationality of a Universal Monopoly.- 1. Organization vs. Economic Anarchy.- 2. Theory and Practice.- 3. Confessions of Soviet Leaders.- 2. Economy without Entrepreneurs.- 1. Private property right: an ‘apple of discord’.- 2. The Entrepreneur—a target of sharp attacks.- 3. Two sides of the medal.- 4.’ socialist property.’.- 5. ‘Khoziast-venniki.’.- 3. Collectivism.- 1. Collectivism by coercion.- 2. Contradictions.- 3. Concessions to individualism.- II’ socialist ‘Reality.- 4. Bureaucracy.- 1. The Enormous Apparatus.- 2. The paper-flood.- 5. Achievements and Shortcomings in Industry.- 1. Five Year Plans.- 2. Industrial losses.- 3. Low Quality and High Cost Production.- 4. Wastefulness.- 5. Organizational defects.- 6. Fishing Industry.- 6. The Agricultural Crisis.- 1. Indifference of the rural population.- 2. Grafters and parasites.- 3. Bureaucracy in agricultural economy.- 4. Shortcomings of mechanization.- 5. Administrative helplessness.- 6. ‘Know thyself’.- 7. A Stake on Virgin Soil.- 7. Trade.- 1. Shortcomings of the State trade.- 2. Mobilization of co-operatives.- 3. ‘Culture of trade’.- 4. Why the private trade?.- 8. Labor without Protection.- 1. Soviet Trade Unions.- 2. Political leadership of the Party.- 3. Bureaucratism.- 4. Violations of labor law.- 5. Violations of collective agreements.- 6. Violation of housing provisions.- 9. Private Economy.- 1. Limitations of ‘Personal property’.- 2. Private undertaking.- 3. Legitimized riches.- 10. General Appraisal of’ soviet Socialism’.- 1.’ socialism’ or State capitalism?.- 2. Sacrifices in the name of Socialism.- 3. Why ‘universal monopoly’?.- 4. Alleged advantages.- 5. The real consequences.- III Socialist Society and Life.- 11. Social Structure.- 1. Vertical mobility.- 2. Intelligentsia.- 3. The new pyramid.- 12. Formation of New Psychology.- 1. The new generations.- 2. ‘Enough of being Slaves’.- 3. Discredited system.- 13. Reflections in Literature.- 1. Anti-socialist realism.- 2. Anti-Social feelings.- 3. Typical conformists and deviations.- 4. ‘The thaw’.- 14. The Bad Symptoms.- 1. ‘Personal property’ and demoralization.- 2. The ‘happy life’.- 3. The ‘parental’ regime.- 15. Some Rays of Light.- 1. Search for truth.- 2. Sense of freedom.- 3. Sense of justice.- 4. Religious movement.- IV War or Peace?.- 16. The Peaceful Nation.- 1. Philosophy of war.- 2. Intervention.- 3. Aggression.- 17. Inner Conflicts.- 1. Economic antagonism.- 2. Social conflicts.- 3. Ideological and political differences.- 18. The Amazing Changes.- 1. The pressing needs.- 2. Peaceful co-existence.- Conclusion.- Abbreviations.