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The 1931 plan embodied the profound contradictions at the heart of Soviet economic policy. Its official title was ‘national- economic plan (control figures)’. This new designation indicated its presumed ability to manage economic development decisively and accurately - previously the annual planning document was simply known as ‘control figures’. But in fact this was the most arrogant and unrealistic of all Soviet annual plans.
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Davies, R.W. (1996). The 1931 Plan. In: Crisis and Progress in the Soviet Economy, 1931–1933. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05935-5_1
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