State-capitalist model of the economy: the view of P.A. Kropotkin

Abstract

The article is devoted to the views on the state-capitalist model of the economy, refl ected in the works of P.A. Kropotkin, one of the founders of anarchism and a world-famous scientist. In his writings of 1896–1921. Peter Kropotkin criticized state capitalism, considering it as part of the program of socio-economic transformations of social-democratic parties and as a real system of economic relations. Th e article traces the development of Kropotkin’s views on state capitalism, presents their generalized analysis.