How capitalism was built:the transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia
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Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York, NY |
Publication Dates: | 2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xvi, 356 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780521683821 (pbk.) 0521683823 (pbk.) 9780521865265 (hardback) 0521865263 (hardback) |
Index Number: | F03 |
CLC: |
F03 F112 |
Call Number: | F112/A835 |
Contents: | Communism and its demise. Real socialism. Decline and fall of socialism. The demise of communism in Central Europe. The collapse of the Soviet Union -- Shock therapy vs. gradualism. The radical reform program : a big bang. Gradual reform programs. Rent seeking : the scourge of transition. Criticism of radical reform after the Russian financial crash -- Output : slump and recovery. Sharp decline in recorded output and varied recovery. Exaggeration of the slump. Radical reform : least decline and early recovery. Late reformers : surged after 1998 -- Liberalization : the creation of a market ec |