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200 10$aRediscovering fire$b[electronic resource] $ebasic economic lessons from the Soviet experiment /$fGuinevere Liberty Nell
210   $aNew York $cAlgora Pub.$dc2010
215   $a1 online resource (338 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-87586-747-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aThe 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.
330   $aMarx 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.
606   $aMixed economy$zSoviet Union
606   $aCentral planning$zSoviet Union
607   $aSoviet Union$xEconomic conditions
607   $aSoviet Union$xEconomic policy
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700   $aNell$b Guinevere Liberty$f1976-$0973283
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