Establishment and erosion of the Soviet model of CPE as reflected in economic science in Hungary 1945 - 1980

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Some Peculiar Ideological Features of the soviet-type Economies to be Overcome

The Russian model of socialism-as it is well known-was largely determined by the fact that parallely with the socialist transformation economic backwardness had to be abolished, and a firm economic base for modern industrial society had to be established. If it is correct that any socialist transformation(even in the most developed industrial countries) can only be carried out by those in power, and modernization (even in a capitalist market environment) must have the active support of the state, the coincidence of the two processes will necessarily provide the political power, the state with an extreme role in the economy