TY - JOUR AU - Boianovsky, Mauro PY - 2022/05/05 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Domar, the West and Russian economics: a historical perspective JF - Brazilian Journal of Political Economy JA - BJPE VL - 42 IS - 2 SE - DO - 10.1590/0101-31572022-3397 UR - https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/2330 SP - 401-423 AB - <p>The paper discusses Evsey Domar’s role as a link between economics in the West<br>and in Russia, including his influence on some Brazilian economists. The Russian heritage<br>he brought with him from Harbin (Manchuria) to the US consisted of an interest in socialism<br>and Russian history. He paid close attention to the 1947 Varga controversy in the USSR.<br>Domar’s rediscovery of Feldman’s (1928) growth model in 1957 brought it to the attention of Western and Soviet economists alike. Soviet economic development was also discussed<br>in his interpretation of Preobrazhensky’s (1926) approach to the interaction between agricultural<br>and industrial sectors. Domar’s 1966 seminal article on producer cooperatives<br>called attention to Tugan-Baranovsky’s 1915 book on the topic. Domar’s interest in history<br>resulted in his 1970 hypothesis about the origins of Russian serfdom and of North and<br>South American slavery. Soviet economists paid some attention to Domar’s growth models,<br>especially those involving depreciation and the time structure of capital goods.</p><p><strong>JEL Classification:</strong> B22; B24; N00.</p> ER -