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Evsei Grigorievich Liberman (, , ; 2 October 1897, – 11 November 1981) was a Soviet
From the Spanish Webpage, ''Biografias y Vidas''
Evsei Grigorievich Liberman (, , ; 2 October 1897, – 11 November 1981) was a Soviet economist
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who lived in Kharkov
Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.
, Ukrainian SSR
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. He is noted as the architect of the Soviet economic reform of 1965, also known as "Libermanism".
Biography
Liberman was born in Slavuta,Russian Empire
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, in a wealthy Jewish family. He was a graduate of Kiev University, Faculty of Law in 1920 and Kharkiv Institute of Engineering and Economics, Machine-Building Faculty in 1933. During 1920s he worked as a researcher at the Kharkiv Institute of Labor. He taught at the Kharkiv Institute of National Economy in 1920s, Kharkiv Engineering and Economic Institute in 1930s-1950-s, the Kharkiv V.I. Lenin Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Kharkiv.
He proposed new methods of economic planning based on the principles of new democratic centralism. His dissertation took form in ''Plan, pribyl', premiya'' (Plan, profit, bonus) article published in '' Pravda'' (1962). This became a basis for the Soviet reforms of 1965.
His most notable works were "Structure of the balance of an industrial company" (1948), "Means to raise the profitability of the socialist companies" (1956), "Analysis of the use of resources" (1963), "Plan and benefits for the Soviet economy" (1965) and "Planning of the socialism" (1967).
Reforms inspired by Liberman unsuccessfully attempted to revitalize the Soviet economy during the 1960s. Liberman's reform proposals were also implemented in East Germany
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Liberman's wife, Regina Horowitz, pianist and pedagogue, was a sister of the famed pianist Vladimir Horowitz
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. His great-granddaughter, Génia, is also a virtuoso concert pianist. In 1981, he died in Kharkiv
Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.
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From the Spanish Webpage, ''Biografias y Vidas''
References
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* Kharkiv Institute of Labor * Kharkiv National University of Economics