End of NEP

¥Deteriorating economic conditions of 1927-28
¥December 1929 Stalin issues collectivization orders
¥By March 1930 - over 50% of agriculture labor force in collectives.
¥Arguments for collectivization:
1) increase marketed share of agriculture production
2) shift resources from consumption into industrial investments
3) eliminate private ownership of land
4) vanquish the kulak opposition to StalinÕs regime