Lessons from the Failure of the Communist Economic SystemLexington Books, 2004 - 380 páginas Why have the neoliberal economic programs, aimed at transforming Eastern Europe to a market economy and democracy since 1989, not only experienced unanticipated difficulties, but more importantly failed to achieve their expected progress? Dr. Ladislav Rusmich and Dr. Stephen M. Sachs offer a comprehensive and critical study that examines this specific question and concludes that the cultural and institutional conditions created by communism must be overcome in order to critique previous policies and propose a better direction. Drawing on the experiences of Dr. Rusmich, who for many years was an important participant in the communist economic apparatus, and who is also among the leaders attempting to reform it during the Prague Spring of 1968, this work corrects common misconceptions among mainstream economists about the workings of communist economies. Lessons from the Failure of the Communist Economic System is a first-hand expert account that provides useful economic lessons, applicable to the first world, concerning such topics as the role of power in the economy, monopoly, bureaucracy, market culture and ethics to name a few. |
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... Group , Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard , Suite 200 , Lanham , Maryland 20706 PO Box 317 Oxford OX2 9RU , UK Copyright © 2003 by Ladislav Rusmich and Stephen M. Sachs New paperback edition 2004 All rights reserved . No part of this ...
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... Group entrusted to elaborate the first draft project of a complex reform of the direction of the Czechoslovak econ- omy , forming later the core of the so - called Prague Spring 1968 . During my participation in this elaboration I had a ...
... Group entrusted to elaborate the first draft project of a complex reform of the direction of the Czechoslovak econ- omy , forming later the core of the so - called Prague Spring 1968 . During my participation in this elaboration I had a ...
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... group of analysts or observers who watch these events unfolding . For me it is , in addition , the fourth great occasion to explore in detail the questions I have always had about economic life . Soon after the famous moment of ...
... group of analysts or observers who watch these events unfolding . For me it is , in addition , the fourth great occasion to explore in detail the questions I have always had about economic life . Soon after the famous moment of ...
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... groups , and collectivities . Our analyses have led us , first , to the necessity of the development of well - functioning market mechanisms and institutions , and of effective democratic institutions and process in the present ...
... groups , and collectivities . Our analyses have led us , first , to the necessity of the development of well - functioning market mechanisms and institutions , and of effective democratic institutions and process in the present ...
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... group if it is to be made clear what must be fully eliminated or principally changed during the period of postcommunist transformation . But the second group also has to be evaluated as it contained those enigmatic elements which ...
... group if it is to be made clear what must be fully eliminated or principally changed during the period of postcommunist transformation . But the second group also has to be evaluated as it contained those enigmatic elements which ...
Contenido
What Was It That Failed and Why? | 3 |
The Case of Czechoslovakia | 35 |
Where It Has Ended Up Concerning the Economy | 61 |
The Sources of Knowledge | 85 |
The Behavior of Economic Subjects | 103 |
The Market and Ownership | 121 |
Economy and Power | 139 |
Market Culture and Ethics | 163 |
The Prospects for Development of the Economic System | 177 |
The Legacy of Communism and the Beginning of Its Economic Transformation | 225 |
The Course and Problems of the Transformation Process | 267 |
What to Do? | 321 |
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About the Authors | |
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Lessons from the Failure of the Communist Economic System Ladislav Rusmich,Stephen M. Sachs Vista de fragmentos - 2003 |
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