The Rise and Fall of the Command-Planned Economy in Yugoslavia (1947-1951) Cover Image

Uspon i pad komandno-planske privrede u Jugoslaviji (1947-1951)
The Rise and Fall of the Command-Planned Economy in Yugoslavia (1947-1951)

Author(s): Aleksandar Rakonjac
Subject(s): Economy, Economic history, Political history, Political economy, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino
Keywords: Yugoslavia; USSR; command-plannned economy; CPY; Federal Planning Commission;

Summary/Abstract: The radical transformation of society that began in Yugoslavia in 1945 had endogenous and exogenous roots. By winning the war, the Communist Party of Yugoslavia had the opportunity to create new directions for the development of Yugoslav society. The fact that it was an ideological peer on the Soviet Union lacking its own experiences determined the choice of the development model. Thus, the management of the economy according to the command-planned economy principles developed in the USSR became one of the most important segments of the Yugoslav determination to build socialism. The dispute with the Soviets in the summer of 1948 caused a change in the attitudes towards everything that came from Moscow, and thus the continued implementation of the centrally planned economic model was called into question. This paper will provide insight into the establishment, development and disappearance of macroeconomic planning in the economy during the early stage of Yugoslav socialism.

  • Issue Year: 62/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 155-174
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Serbian