Managing the secret state

Mark Harrison interviewed by Tim Phillips, 17 May 2019

Did the KGB manage its informers using the iron fist or the invisible hand? Mark Harrison tells Tim Phillips how the state motivated and disciplined its secret workforce.

Topics: Economic history

Tags: Soviet Union, dictatorship, KGB, Russian Revolution, communism

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The paper on Stasi activity in Germany Mark refers to can be found here.

Mark Harrison

Professor of Economics, University of Warwick

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