02661nam 2200553 a 450 991080878190332120230725025729.00-87586-749-9(CKB)2670000000061488(EBL)617409(OCoLC)693761554(SSID)ssj0000472625(PQKBManifestationID)12212329(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472625(PQKBWorkID)10435841(PQKB)10602089(MiAaPQ)EBC617409(Au-PeEL)EBL617409(CaPaEBR)ebr10476819(EXLCZ)99267000000006148820100318d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRediscovering fire[electronic resource] basic economic lessons from the Soviet experiment /Guinevere Liberty NellNew York Algora Pub.c20101 online resource (338 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87586-747-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.The real benefits of competition -- The dynamics of unemployment and efficiency -- The holistic target : the value of profit and loss for the firm -- The rat race : the value of profit and loss for the economy -- Middlemen, trade, and the market system -- The high price of price control -- The root of all prosperity : money and the danger of centralized monetary policy -- Regulation and the institutions of a dynamic economy -- Democracy and freedom -- Corporate capitalism or the free market.Marx promoted the idea that economic laws were universal, but the Soviet Union tested his ideas on the premise that by eliminating private property they could eliminate markets and prices?and they tested that proposition on a grand scale. However, in managing an economy based on public ownership, they discovered that they could not repeal economic laws. By managing the consequences of their policies, the Soviets unintentionally relearned the basics of economics from scratch?essentially, rediscovering fire.Mixed economySoviet UnionCentral planningSoviet UnionSoviet UnionEconomic conditionsSoviet UnionEconomic policyMixed economyCentral planning330.947/084Nell Guinevere Liberty1976-973283MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808781903321Rediscovering fire3966440UNINA