Michael Ellman is Professor of Economics at the University of Amsterdam and well known for his analysis of the Soviet regional show trials of 193738, the Soviet 1947 famine, and the collapse of the USSR. He was awarded the 1998 Kondratieff Prize for his contribution to the development of the social sciences.
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