From Socialism to Market Economy: The Transition Problem

Authors

William S. Kern Editor, Western Michigan University

Publication Date

1-1-1992

DOI

10.17848/9780880995641

Abstract

This group of essays examines the ongoing economic struggles experienced by former Soviet-bloc countries as they attempt to establish market-based economies.

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Contents

1. Introduction / William S. Kern

2. Roadblocks to Changing Economic Systems in Eastern Europe / Paul Marer

3. Soviet Economic Reform Under Gorbachev: Trials and Errors / Abram Bergson

4. Reconstructing the Soviet Planned Economy / Joseph S. Berliner

5. Soviet Bureaucracy and Economic Reform / Paul R. Gregory

6. Soviet Economic Reform: The Transition Problem / Herbert S. Levine

7. The Economic Transformation of Eastern Europe / Josef C. Brada

Note

The chapters in this volume are based on lectures from the twenty-seventh Werner Sichel Lecture Series in 1990-1991 at Western Michigan University.

Sponsorship

The series is made possible through the generous financial support of the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and the College of Arts and Sciences of Western Michigan University

ISBN

9780880991308 (pbk.) ; 9780880995641 (ebook)

Subject Areas

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES; International labor comparisons; Transition economies