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Socialism, Capitalism, Transformation / Leszek Balcerowicz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [1995]Copyright date: ©1995Description: 1 online resource (385 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789633864951
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.91717 20
LOC classification:
  • HC244 .B348 1995
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: Institutions, Human Nature and Behaviour -- Part I: Socialism versus Capitalism -- 2. Problems with the Definition of Socialism in Today's World -- 3. On the 'Socialist Market Economy' -- 4. The 'Socialist Calculation Debate' and Reform Discussions in Socialist Countries -- 5. On the Reformability of the Soviet-Type Economic Systems -- 6. The Soviet-Type Economic System, Reformed Systems and Innovativeness -- 7. Towards an Analysis of Ownership -- 8. Political and Economic Regimes: Problems of Compatibility and Performance -- Part II: From Socialism to Capitalism -- 9. Understanding Post-Communist Transitions -- 10. Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe: Comparisons and Lessons -- 11. Various Roads to a Private Market Economy -- 12. Macropolicies in Transition to a Market Economy: A Three-Year Perspective (with Alan Gelb) -- 13. Common Fallacies in the Debate on the Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe -- Part III: Polish Economic Reform: 1989-93 -- 14. Polish Economic Reform, 1981-88: An Overview -- 15. The Political Economy of Economic Reform: Poland, 1989-92 -- 16. Transition to the Market Economy: The Polish Case, 1989-93 -- 17. Conclusion: Personal Reflections on Poland -- Index
Summary: This volume gathers together essays on the theme of economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe, written by the former Polish Minister of Finance.  In it, the author summarizes the research on institutions, institutional change and human behaviour that he has undertaken since the late 1970s.  He addresses such issues as the socialist market economy, reformability of the Soviet-type economic system, democratization and market-orientated reform in Central and Eastern Europe, and the Polish model of economic reform. 
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: Institutions, Human Nature and Behaviour -- Part I: Socialism versus Capitalism -- 2. Problems with the Definition of Socialism in Today's World -- 3. On the 'Socialist Market Economy' -- 4. The 'Socialist Calculation Debate' and Reform Discussions in Socialist Countries -- 5. On the Reformability of the Soviet-Type Economic Systems -- 6. The Soviet-Type Economic System, Reformed Systems and Innovativeness -- 7. Towards an Analysis of Ownership -- 8. Political and Economic Regimes: Problems of Compatibility and Performance -- Part II: From Socialism to Capitalism -- 9. Understanding Post-Communist Transitions -- 10. Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe: Comparisons and Lessons -- 11. Various Roads to a Private Market Economy -- 12. Macropolicies in Transition to a Market Economy: A Three-Year Perspective (with Alan Gelb) -- 13. Common Fallacies in the Debate on the Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe -- Part III: Polish Economic Reform: 1989-93 -- 14. Polish Economic Reform, 1981-88: An Overview -- 15. The Political Economy of Economic Reform: Poland, 1989-92 -- 16. Transition to the Market Economy: The Polish Case, 1989-93 -- 17. Conclusion: Personal Reflections on Poland -- Index

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This volume gathers together essays on the theme of economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe, written by the former Polish Minister of Finance.  In it, the author summarizes the research on institutions, institutional change and human behaviour that he has undertaken since the late 1970s.  He addresses such issues as the socialist market economy, reformability of the Soviet-type economic system, democratization and market-orientated reform in Central and Eastern Europe, and the Polish model of economic reform. 

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