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From Marx to the market : socialism in search of an economic system
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This work by two economists who were involved as experts in the reform of the Polish economy in the 1950s and 1960s present the results of their efforts to develop in theory an economic system whic...
This work by two economists who were involved as experts in the reform of the Polish economy in the 1950s and 1960s present the results of their efforts to develop in theory an economic system which could avoid the worst excesses of both capitalism and central planning.
Details
- Creator
- Włodzimierz Brus and Kazimierz Laski
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989
- ©1989
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (186 pages)
- ISBNs
- 128198082X, 9786611980825, 0191518867, 0198233027
- OCLC
- ocn922953808, ocn925414982
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- ""Preface""; ""Preface to the paperback edition""; ""Contents""; ""Part I: Marxist Socialism the Promise""; ""1 The Claim to Economic Rationality""; ""Part II: Real Socialism the Disappointments""; ""2 The Historical Regularity in Reverse""; ""3 The Objective of Catching Up""; ""4 The Command System""; ""Part III: Market Socialism the Problems So Far""; ""5 The Theoretical Response to Challenge""; ""6 The Hungarian Practice""; ""7 Central Planning with Regulated Market the Flawed Model""; ""8 The Yugoslav Lessons""; ""Part IV: Market Socialism the Problems Ahead""; ""9 The Capital Market and the Problem of Full Employment""; ""10 The Question of Ownership""; ""11 Concluding Remarks""; ""Notes""; ""Index""