The author of this book - the famous Russian economist, emigrant Ber (Boris) Davidovich Brutskus (1874-1938) was considered one of the leading critics of the planned economy. His work "Socialist economy. Theoretical thoughts about the Russian experience" was published in the early 20s of the last century in Soviet Russia. Exploring the problems of socialist management from new points of view, the author does not disregard the positive aspects of the capitalist method of farming. The book became one of the fundamental theoretical works of the author, criticizing socialism and studying the failures of socialist construction.