Communist planning versus rationality : mathematical economics and the central plan in eastern Europe and China / edited by János Mátyás Kovács.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kov acs, J anos M aty as, editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Revisiting communism: collectivist economic and political thought in historical perspective.

Revisiting communism : collectivist economic and political thought in historical perspective

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Central planning--Communist countries.

Central planning.

Economics, Mathematical--Communist countries--History--20th century.

Economics, Mathematical.

Mathematical optimization--History--20th century.

Mathematical optimization.

Economic history.

Economic policy.

China--Economic conditions--1949-.

China.

Communist countries--Economic policy.

Communist countries.

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

Europe, Eastern.

Soviet Union--Economic conditions.

Soviet Union.

Eastern Europe.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 pages).

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022]

Summary:

"This volume examines failed attempts at modernizing the communist economy by means of optimal planning. It traces the rise and fall of the concept in Eastern Europe and China, explaining why the mission of optimization was doomed to fail and why it may nevertheless be relaunched today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Another "Grand Illusion" - Optimizing the Central Plan Chapter One: To Command or to Understand? Planning Concepts and Economic Research in Communist Bulgaria Chapter Two: Quantitative Economics in China. From Planned Economy to Socialist Market Economy Chapter Three: Mathematical Economics and Central Planning. Economic Research in Czechoslovakia under Communism Chapter Four: Theory and Political Economy of Central Planning in East Germany Chapter Five: Mathematical Economics outside the Neoclassical Paradigm? Evolution of Planning Concepts in Hungary under Communism Chapter 6: Between Rationality and Reality. Economics and Central Planning in Poland (1945-1989) Chapter Seven: The Failure of Communist Planning: A Perspective from Romania Chapter Eight: Communism = Soviet Power + Planning. Planning and Mathematical Economics in the Soviet Union Chapter Nine: Mathematical Economics, Economic Modeling, and Planning in Yugoslavia Conclusion: Rationality Found and Lost? In Search of a New Historical Narrative of Optimal Planning

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-66698-698-4

1-7936-3178-6

OCLC:

1305016704