Did Stalin "Steal" Trotsky's Economic Program?
Channel: InDefenseOfToucans
Date: 2020-07-26

The idea that Trotsky and the Left Opposition were  "Proto-Stalinist" is a persistent myth that seems to stick around on the left, as well as the idea that Stalin somehow was not smart enough to come up with his own economic program. This this bad history I have seen from Trotskyists, Marxist-Leninists, Anarchists, ect. When the modern left debates about what direction the USSR could have or should have gone it is often with this falsehood and they base their analysis off of it. I hope i can correct this and this argument can become more accurate and rooted in history. 

Script here
https://indefenseoftoucans.gitlab.io/2020/07/26/stalinstealtrotskyeconomicprogram.html


Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:37 The Myth
2:06 Trotsky Originator of the NEP?
5:02 Trotsky, The Left Opposition and the NEP
7:00 Stalin’s economic position before collectivization
7:36 End of the NEP
8:10 Conclusion