The distorted world of Soviet-type economies / Jan Winiecki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winiecki, Jan, author.

Series:

Routledge Revivals

Routledge revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Central planning--Europe, Eastern.

Central planning.

Europe, Eastern--Economic conditions--1945-1989.

Europe, Eastern.

Europe, Eastern--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1988 this substantial and innovative contribution to the critical literature on the economies of the former Soviet bloc is unusual in that its author is equally familiar with both Western and Eastern sources. It highlights, in particular, a discrepancy between the behaviour of individuals in Soviet-style economies and that expected of agents in a market system. It proceeds to outline how the consequent discordance between microeconomic practice and macroeconomic planning generates fundamental economic distortions.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""The Distorted World of Soviet-Type Economies""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One: The Distorted Macroeconomics of Central Planning""; ""1. Quantities""; ""2. Prices""; ""Part Two: The Distorted Structure of Soviet-type Economies""; ""3. The Overgrown Industrial Sector""; ""4. Peculiarities of Intra-industry Change""; ""Part Three: Soviet-type Economies and the World Market""; ""5. Import Pressure and Distorted Export Structure""; ""6. The Failure of Catching-up Through Technology Imports""; ""Conclusion""

""Bibliography""""Index""

Notes:

"First published in 1988 by Routledge"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 05, 2013).

ISBN:

0-415-67743-2

0-203-80837-1

1-136-66821-7

1-136-66822-5

9780203808375

OCLC:

856868777