TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kornai,János
TI  - The Socialist System: The Political Economy of Communism 
SN  - 9780691228020
AV  - HX73 .K6715 1992eb
U1  - 335.43 20
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Collectivism
KW  - Communism
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Aggregate demand
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Backwardness
KW  - Bank
KW  - Bribery
KW  - Budget constraint
KW  - Budget
KW  - Calculation
KW  - Capital market
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - Central bank
KW  - Commodity
KW  - Competition
KW  - Consideration
KW  - Consumer Goods
KW  - Consumer
KW  - Consumption (economics)
KW  - Credit (finance)
KW  - Currency
KW  - Customer
KW  - Czechoslovakia
KW  - Decentralization
KW  - Developed country
KW  - Drawback
KW  - East Germany
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Economic equilibrium
KW  - Economic planning
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Economics
KW  - Economist
KW  - Economy
KW  - Employment
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - Exchange rate
KW  - Expense
KW  - Household
KW  - Ideology
KW  - Incentive
KW  - Income
KW  - Industry
KW  - Inflation
KW  - Institution
KW  - Interest
KW  - Investment fund
KW  - Investment
KW  - Legislature
KW  - Mao Zedong
KW  - Market economy
KW  - Market mechanism
KW  - Market price
KW  - Market socialism
KW  - Marxian economics
KW  - Marxism
KW  - Nationalization
KW  - Organization
KW  - Paternalism
KW  - Payment
KW  - Planned economy
KW  - Planning
KW  - Political economy
KW  - Political structure
KW  - Politician
KW  - Power structure
KW  - Price controls
KW  - Price fixing
KW  - Price level
KW  - Price system
KW  - Pricing
KW  - Private property
KW  - Private sector
KW  - Public sector
KW  - Quantity
KW  - Rationing
KW  - Regulation
KW  - Relative price
KW  - Representative democracy
KW  - Requirement
KW  - Saving
KW  - Scarcity
KW  - Shortage economy
KW  - Shortage
KW  - Socialist economics
KW  - Socialist state
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - State (polity)
KW  - Subsidy
KW  - Superiority (short story)
KW  - Supply (economics)
KW  - Supply and demand
KW  - Tax
KW  - Trade union
KW  - Unemployment
KW  - Utilization
KW  - Wage
KW  - Wealth
KW  - Workforce
KW  - Writing
KW  - Yugoslavia
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures --; List of Tables --; Preface --; PART ONE: POINTS OF DEPARTURE --; 1. The Subject and Method --; 2. Antecedents and Prototypes of the System --; PART TWO: THE ANATOMY OF THE CLASSICAL SYSTEM --; 3. Power --; 4. Ideology --; 5. Property --; 6. Coordination Mechanisms --; 7. Planning and Direct Bureaucratic Control --; 8. Money and Price --; 9. Investment and Growth --; 10. Employment and Wages --; 11. Shortage and Inflation: The Phenomena --; 12. Shortage and Inflation: The Causes --; 13. Consumption and Distribution --; 14. External Economic Relations --; 15. The Coherence of the Classical System --; PART THREE: SHIFTING FROM THE CLASSICAL SYSTEM --; 16. The Dynamics of the Changes --; 17. The "Perfection" of Control --; 18. Political Liberalization --; 19. The Rise of the Private Sector --; 20. Self-Management --; 21. Market Socialism --; 22. Price Reforms --; 23. Macro Tensions --; 24. Concluding Remarks --; References --; Appendix: Bibliography on Postsocialist Transition --; Author Index --; Subject Index; restricted access
N2  - To understand the dramatic collapse of the socialist order and the current turmoil in the formerly communist world, this comprehensive work examines the most important common properties of all socialist societies. JNBnos Kornai brings a life-long study of the problems of the socialist system to his explanation of why inherent attributes of socialism inevitably produced in-efficiency. In his past work he has focused on the economic sphere, maintaining consistently that the weak economic performance of socialist countries resulted from the system itself, not from the personalities of top leaders or mistakes made by leading organizations and planners. This book synthesizes themes from his earlier investigations, while broadening the discussion to include the role of the political power structure and of communist ideology. Kornai distinguishes between two types, or historical phases, of socialism. The "classical socialism" of Stalin, Mao, and their followers is totalitarian and brutally repressive, but its components fit together and make up a coherent edifice. Associated with names like Tito, KNBdar, Deng-Xiaoping, and Gorbachev, "reform socialism" relaxes repression, but brings about a sharpening of inner contradictions and the eventual dissolution of the system. Kornai examines the classical system in the first half of the book, and moves on to explore the complex process of reform in the second half. The Socialist System is addressed to economists in the first place, but also to political scientists, sociologists, and historians. In addition, it will appeal to policymakers, business analysts, and government officials who need to understand either formerly or presently communist countries
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691228020?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691228020
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691228020/original
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