Russian economic reform / / Jim Leitzel

• Autore: Leitzel Jim.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (203 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.947; 338.947
• Soggetto topico: Post-communism - Economic aspects - Russia (Federation)
• Soggetto geografico: Russia (Federation) Economic policy 1991-; Soviet Union Economic conditions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-184) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; DEDICATION; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTETNS; PREFACE; Introduction; Chapter 1 Markets and plans; Chapter 2 Russian market activity; Chapter 3 Price liberalization and inflation; Chapter 4 Employment and unemployment; Chapter 5 Privatization; Chapter 6 Monopoly; Chapter 7 Income and living standards; Chapter 8 False hopes; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Questioning the attempts to portray the reform of the Russian economy as a disaster, Jim Leitzel maintains that these portrayals are misleading because they fail to take account of the many complexities of the transition. Perceptions about the pre-reform Russian economy are often inaccurate, primarily because the logic of a centrally planned economy is so different from a capitalist one that familiar economic phenomena, such as inflation and unemployment, take unfamiliar forms. The resulting misconceptions about the starting point for Russian economic reform lead to an exaggeration of the cost
• Titolo autorizzato: Russian economic reform
• ISBN: 1-134-80209-9; 0-8213-2241-9; 1-134-80210-2; 9786613917492; 1-283-60504-X; 1-280-14384-3; 0-203-97663-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910348232003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II