Title

From Socialism to Market Economy: The Transition Problem

Year

1992

Abstract

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

Contents

  1. Introduction / William S. Kern
  2. Roadblocks to Changing Economic Systems in Eastern Europe / Paul Marer
  3. Soviet Economic Reform under Gorbachev / Abram Bergson
  4. Reconstructing the Soviet Planned Economy / Joseph S. Berliner
  5. Soviet Bureaucracy and Economic Reform / Paul R. Gregory
  6. Soviet Economic Reform / Herbert S. Levine
  7. The Economic Transformation of Eastern Europe / Josef C. Brada

Note

The papers in this volume were presented during the twenty-seventh Annual Lecture-Seminar Series conducted by the Department of Economics at Western Michigan University during the 1990-91 school year.

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.)

Subject Areas

GLOBAL ISSUES; Transition economies