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Harrison, Mark and Zaksauskienė, Inga (2016) Counter-intelligence in a command economy. The Economic History Review, 69 (1). pp. 131-158. doi:10.1111/ehr.12113
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ehr.12113
Abstract
This article provides the first thick description of the counter-intelligence function in a command economy of the Soviet type. Based on documentation from Soviet Lithuania, the article considers the KGB (secret police) as a market regulator, commissioned to prevent the disclosure of secret government business and forestall the disruption of government plans. Where market regulation in open societies is commonly intended to improve market transparency, competition, and fair treatment of consumers and employees, KGB regulation was designed to enforce secrecy, monopoly, and discrimination. One consequence of KGB regulation of the labour market may have been adverse selection for talent. Here it is argued that the Soviet economy was designed to minimize costs.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Soviet Union -- Economic policy, Labor market -- Soviet Union, Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti | ||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Economic History Review | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0013-0117 | ||||||||||
| Official Date: | February 2016 | ||||||||||
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| Volume: | 69 | ||||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 131-158 | ||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/ehr.12113 | ||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||
| Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||||||||
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