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Problems of Developing Collective Consumption in Socialist Countries

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The Grants Economy and Collective Consumption

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In economic literature, including that of the Soviet Union, there is unfortunately no common and precise definition of ‘collective consumption’ or, in other words, ‘joint satisfaction of requirements’.

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  1. K. Marx and F. Engels, Collected Works (1955), vol. 2, p. 542.

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  2. K. I. Mikulsky, Public Consumption Funds in the Member-Countries of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. Information Bulletin of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Economic Series, No. 6 (1978), p. 92.

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R. C. O. Matthews G. B. Stafford

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Kapustin, E. (1982). Problems of Developing Collective Consumption in Socialist Countries. In: Matthews, R.C.O., Stafford, G.B. (eds) The Grants Economy and Collective Consumption. International Economic Association Series . Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05377-3_8

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