{"product_id":"selected-political-and-economic-writings-eugen-varga-9781642596052","title":"Selected Political and Economic Writings of Eugen Varga: From the Hungarian Revolution to Orthodox Economic Theory in the USSR","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1879, Eugen Varga became the most prominent Marxist economist in the Soviet Union, referred to as 'Stalin's economist.' As the official theorist of the early USSR, Varga was easily one of the most influential economists of the 20th century, yet his ideas are largely unknown in the West. By selecting and translating--often for the first time--some of his most important works, this volume aims to correct the record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelected Political and Economic Writings\u003c\/em\u003e offers a wide and representative selection of his works, dating from his entry into the Hungarian Communist Party in 1919 through to his criticisms of John Maynard Keynes in the 1950s. It also includes the entire text of his \u003cem\u003eEconomic Problems of the Proletarian Dictatorship\u003c\/em\u003e, cited by Lenin as the best work on the collapse of the revolutionary government in Hungary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA detailed critical introduction by Varga's biographer, Andr  Mommen, supplies valuable background detail on the circumstances of Varga's work, contextualising it in relation to political events and the development of orthodox economic theory in the USSR. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eugen Varga\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1642596051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642596052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 2.40d","brand":"Eugen Varga","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944224325887,"sku":"9781642596052","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1ee5bf1a-32c6-48a1-a3e7-609e2a18aee8.jpg?v=1681502479","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selected-political-and-economic-writings-eugen-varga-9781642596052","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}