How capitalism was built:the transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Åslund Anders 1952-
Published: Cambridge University Press,
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