E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten
Asselain Planning and Profits in Socialist Economies
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-50444-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-136-50444-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
This study of economic reforms throughout Eastern Europe covers the history of attempts at decentralization. The book:
* Describes the centralized model and compares its requirements with the realities of socialist countries
* Discusses the economic policies of the post-Stalinist period
* Examines the origin of the reforms which began in 1956, culminating in the Soviet economic reform of 1965 and the rehabilitation of profit.
Countries covered include the former USSR, the former East Germany and Hungary.
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Foreword by Ed Hewatt
Introduction
Part I
1. The Fundamental Elements of the Centralized Model
The System of Directives
The Incentive System
2. From the requirements of the model to the realities of socialist countries
The Freedom of the Enterprise and the aims of the intermediate supervisory bodies
Planning versus 'spontaneous processes'
Part II
Introduction to Part II
3. Quasi-Cyclical Changes
The swings in economic policies
Decentralising reforms and the processes of recentralisation
4. The basic trends
The proliferation of priorities and increased rigidities
The increase in the fundamental imbalances
The appearance of new distinctions
Part III The reforms and their aftermath
5. Limited or fundamental reform?
The common ground
The main differences and the distinguishing features of the two main types of reform
6. The USSR and East Germany: the remains of the reforms
The lessons of the Soviet Reform
The lessons of the East German Reform
The evolution of the economic policies and the overall performance of the Soviet and East German economies
7. Hungary: the reform that survived
The setting up of the reform
1968-73: 'golden age' of the reform?
The NEM on trial
Conclusion: decentralized socialism, profits and competition
