L argued that the Communist Party must learn to trade and use capitalism to build Communism
L also emphasised that the NEP would create peace with the peasants
As 1921, L argued that the NEP, over War Comm was the correct economic foundation on which to build socialism
Revive the economy - Lenin needed a policy to stimulate grain production and end famine
In that sense, Lenin made an economic compromise
Launched to keep political power, L described NEP as an economic retreat