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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823616303321

Autore

Asselain Jean Charles.

Titolo

Planning and profits in socialist economies / / Jean-Charles Asselain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-50451-6

0-415-86646-4

1-315-01636-2

1-136-50444-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Economics. Economic systems/Comparative economics ; ; I

Disciplina

335.00947

Soggetti

Central planning - Soviet Union

Profit - Soviet Union

Central planning - Europe, Eastern

Profit - Europe, Eastern

Soviet Union Economic policy

Europe, Eastern Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1984.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. The centralised model and the Stalinist hierarchy of priorities -- part II. Economic policies in the post-Stalinist period and the origins of the reforms -- part III. The reforms and their aftermath.

Sommario/riassunto

This study of economic reforms throughout Eastern Europe covers the history of attempts at decentralization. The book:<BR> * Describes the centralized model and compares its requirements with the realities of socialist countries<BR> * Discusses the economic policies of the post-Stalinist period<BR> * Examines the origin of the reforms which began in 1956, culminating in the Soviet economic reform of 1965 and the rehabilitation of profit.<BR> <BR> Countries covered include the former USSR, the former East Germany and Hungary.