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Adam Smith Goes to Moscow : A Dialogue on Radical Reform / Walter Adams, James W. Brock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Walter, 1922-1998, author.
- Brock, James W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capitalism--Europe, Eastern.
- Capitalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (181 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Adam Smith Goes to Moscow is a captivating dialogue between the head of a hypothetical, formerly socialist East European country and a fervently market-minded American adviser. Their spirited give-and-take highlights the monumental political as well as economic complexities currently faced by the former Soviet bloc countries as they struggle to transform themselves into free market economies.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF CHARTS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT HEILBRONER
- A CHRONOLOGY OF REVOLUTION IN EASTERN EUROPE
- ADAM SMITH GOES TO MOSCOW
- DAY 1 - THE AGENDA
- DAY 2 - MARKETIZATION
- DAY 3 - THE MONOPOLY DILEMMA
- DAY 4 - PRIVATIZATION
- DAY 5 - STABILIZATION
- DAY 6 - GOVERNMENT AND THE MARKET
- DAY 7 - INHERENT TENSIONS
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9780691186160
- 0691186162
- OCLC:
- 1076406797
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