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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820561003321

Autore

Winiecki Jan.

Titolo

Economic prospects : east and west : a view from the east / / Jan Winiecki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-33416-5

0-203-12267-4

1-283-96999-8

1-136-33417-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Disciplina

330.947

Soggetti

Comparative economics

Europe, Eastern Economic policy

Europe Economic policy

Communist countries Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1987 by The centre for research into communist economies"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. The East -- pt. II. The West.

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1987, this is an analysis of the contemporary breakdown of political and economic systems within the Eastern European communist countries. Rather than passively following the developments of this crisis, the author seeks instead to identify the reasons for failure and to examine alternative policies that offer solutions to these problems. Jan Winiecki's work offers a comparative study of the Soviet-type economies of the East with the market economies of the West; providing a cause and effect analysis of each model, with possible scenarios for their future pr