Optimizing things in the USSR
11 May 2016
As a data scientist, a big part of my job involves picking metrics to optimize and thinking about how to do things as efficiently as possible. With these types of questions on my mind, I recently discovered a totally fascinating book about about economic problems in the USSR and the team of data-driven economists and computer scientists who wanted to solve them. The book is called Red Plenty.
@TauAs Very interesting! There are two other books on the same subject which I've read and strongly recommend:
* "The Logic of Planned Economy: The Seeds of the Collapse", Paweł H. Dembinski, Kevin Cook, 1991
* Николай Петрович Шмелёв (Nikolay Shmelyov) "Авансы и долги (Avansy i dolgi)" ("Credits and debts"), Новый мир (Novyi Mir) – 1987. - № 6. https://echelon.pl/nikolay-shmelyov-avansy-i-dolgi-credits-and-debts-novyi-mir-1987-6.html
