# 28 - Economy? What Economy?

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Podcast: [The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sickle-and-the-hammer-a-socialist-history-of-the-soviet-union-7173656)
Published: 2026-07-06T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

“In order for economic development to take place, one must first have an economy.” - Karl Vladimir Stalin, 2026 Please consider supporting me on Patreon at patreon.com/sovietpod or buymeacoffee.com/sovietpod. Sources: Carr, E. H. The Bolsheviks Revolution: 1917-1923, vol. 2 . Pelican Books, 1966 Nove, Alec. An Economic History of the Soviet Union: 1917-1991. Penguin Books, 1992. Dobb, Maurice. Soviet Economic Development since 1917. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1948. Cliff, Tony. Revolution Besieged: Lenin 1917-1923. 1976, republished by Haymarket Books, 2004. “The Soviet Union: Facts, Descriptions, Statistics.” Soviet Union Information Bureau, Washington, DC. 1929. Found on marxist.org

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