Lev Gatovsky | |
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Born | Lev Markovich Gatovsky 26 July 1903 |
Died | 18 April 1997 |
Nationality | Soviet Union |
Education | Ph.D. in Economics |
Alma mater | Plekhanov Russian University of Economics |
Occupation | Economist |
Employer | Institute of Economics of the Soviet Academy of Sciences |
Known for | Early provider of a theoretical framework for the study of the Soviet economy from a perspective of political economy |
Lev Markovich Gatovsky (Russian: Лев Маркович Гатовский; 26 July 1903 – 18 April 1997)[1] was a Soviet economist, being one of the first who tried to create a theoretical framework in which to understand the nature of the socialist project taking place in the Soviet Union from a political economy perspective. He became director of the Institute of Economics of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, later renamed Russian Academy of Sciencies, from 1965 to 1971.[2][3] Apart from his general academic work, he contributed to several major economic developments such as the first two five-year economic plans and the 1965 Soviet Economic Reform, as well as editing the first Political Economy textbook of the USSR.[4]
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