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Red Plenty

Francis Spufford

2010·434 pages·Nonfiction

Historical Fiction History & Politics

The Soviet Union was built on 20th-century magic called 'the planned economy', which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things that capitalism could never match. And just for a little while, in the late 1950s, the magic seemed to be working. This book is about that moment in history, and how it came, and how it went away.

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Red Plenty

Francis Spufford

Year

2010

Pages

434

Type

Nonfiction

Historical Fiction History & Politics

Description

The Soviet Union was built on 20th-century magic called 'the planned economy', which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things that capitalism could never match. And just for a little while, in the late 1950s, the magic seemed to be working. This book is about that moment in history, and how it came, and how it went away.

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