Accepted Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

“One major reason why radical economic reform was almost impossibly difficult to introduce in the Soviet Union was the strength of vested interests –…

— Archie Brown

In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state's role absolute. In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This…

— Vladimir Putin

Soviet-style communism failed, not because it was intrinsically evil, but because it was flawed. It allowed too few people to usurp too much power.…

— Arundhati Roy

During the 1930s, some of the leading intellectuals in America condemned our economic system and pointed to the centrally planned Soviet economy as a…

— Thomas Sowell

The interests of the Soviet Union are in controlling highly developed countries and having the benefit of their economies so that they can run…

— Barbara Amiel

Contrary to what many skeptics had earlier believed, the Soviet economy is proof that a socialist command economy can function and even thrive.

— Paul Samuelson

I have no concern with any economic criticisms of the communist system; I cannot inquire into whether the abolition of private property is expedient…

— Sigmund Freud

“No society has succeeded in abolishing the distinction between ruler and ruled... to be a ruler gives one special status and, usually, special privileges.…

— Peter Singer

Our Soviet society is socialist because private ownership of factories, plants, land, banks and means of transportation has been abolished in our country, and…

— Joseph Stalin

The communist model does not work economically, we all realised that, but the capitalist model in the modern world also looks to be unsustainable.

— Arsene Wenger

As someone from the working class I was always interested in Russia and China and everything that related to the working class, even though…

— John Lennon

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Marxists are coming around to seeing my views on the economy with greater perspective. I was…

— Subramanian Swamy