Михаил Озеровский Social capitalism as the only true socio-economic system

The original article is written in Russian. This is a translation of the article.

Economic socialism.

The USSR. The 1930s and the rise of the planned economy under Stalin. All Stalinists unanimously repeat that Stalin is an economic genius. This is true. Stalin was the ruler who kept the socialist economy afloat by making it rigidly centralized. According to Soviet statistics, by 1937 the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture, social and cultural revolutions had taken place in the USSR. The rate of development of the country doubled and exceeded more than 25% in industry, more than 6,000 new plants and factories were built. The USSR came in first place in Europe in terms of gross industrial output and second in the world after the United States. Believe such statistics or not, you decide.

The socialist economy cannot live without rigid discipline. This has shown time. The miracle that Stalin created could not last long. Forces are depleted, and not every ruler could control the economy of the whole country. And any failure in the management of the state of the socialist economy leads to its collapse. ...