The Socialist System : : The Political Economy of Communism /

The Socialist System : : The Political Economy of Communism / / János Kornai.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Kornai, János,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
©1992
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (672 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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