The contributors to this volume analyze the rise of the socialist welfare system, its advantages and... Læs mere
He concludes that the lack of legitimacy of the communist regime, the disintegration of the Communist Party and its ideology were at least as important reasons as increasing lag behind the West in technology and the declining standard of living.
This book discusses the evolution of ideas about the desirable combination of planning and market in the former Soviet Union, Poland,... Læs mere
The author discusses the traditional system of management of the economy as it existed in the early 1950s in the USSR and goes on to deal with the reforms of the 1960s and of the 1980s, country by country.