Download or read book Overcentralization in Economic Administration written by János Kornai and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overcentralization in Economic Administration (Oxford, 1959) was the first book written by an Eastern European and published in the West that openly criticized socialist central planning. In this work the distinguished economist János Kornai begins a lifelong study of the economic organization of centrally planned economies. Professor Kornai's aim in this book was to observe the reality of the working socialist system, and to draw conclusions that were not distorted by the laws of Marxist political economy. He provided a lucid and coherent account of conditions, along with normative recommendations which influenced the Hungarian reform process, culminating in the economic changes of 1968. Professor Kornai identified several systematic failures of the centrally planned economy and gave a prescient account of weak economic performance and eventual disintegration. His argument for radical rather than partial change makes this book essential reading for those interested in the economics of transition in Eastern Europe.
Download or read book Overcentralization in Economic Administration written by János Kornai and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1959, Overcentralization in Economic Administration was the first book written by an East European and published in the West that openly criticized socialist central planning. Now reissued with a new preface, this book discusses issues that remain fundamental to any sound analysis of economic organization. Here Janos Kornai began a lifelong study of the economic organization of centrally planned economies. He identified several systemic failures of the centrally planned economy, and gave a prescient account of weak economic performance and eventual disintegration. Kornai's aim was to observe the reality of the working socialist system, and to draw conclusions that were not distorted by the laws of Marxist political economy. He provided a thorough positive analysis of conditions, along with normative recommendations which influenced the Hungarian reform process, culminating in the economic changes of 1968. Kornai's argument for radical rather than partial change makes this book timely and interesting reading for those involved in the economics of transition taking place in Eastern Europe today.
Download or read book The Dilemmas of a Socialist Economy written by János Kornai and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Contradictions of Real Socialism written by Michael A. Lebowitz and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was “real socialism”—the term which originated in twentieth-century socialist societies for the purpose of distinguishing them from abstract, theoretical socialism? In this volume, Michael A. Lebowitz considers the nature, tendencies, and contradictions of those societies. Beginning with the constant presence of shortages within “real socialism,” Lebowitz searches for the inner relations which generate these patterns. He finds these, in particular, in what he calls “vanguard relations of production,” a relation which takes the apparent form of a social contract where workers obtain benefits not available to their counterparts in capitalism but lack the power to decide within the workplace and society. While these societies were able to claim major achievements in areas from health care to education to popular culture, the separation of thinking and doing prevented workers from developing their capacities as fully developed human beings. The relationship within “real socialism” between the vanguard as conductor and a conducted working class, however, did not only lead to the deformation of workers and those elements necessary for the building of socialism; it also created the conditions in which enterprise managers emerged as an incipient capitalist class, which was an immediate source of the crises of “real socialism.” As he argued in The Socialist Alternative: Real Human Development, Lebowitz stresses the necessity to go beyond the hierarchy inherent in the relation of conductor and conducted (and beyond the “vanguard Marxism” which supports this) to create the conditions in which people can transform themselves through their conscious cooperation and practice—i.e., a society of free and associated producers.
Download or read book Market and Socialism written by János Kornai and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the encounters with market socialism through reforms in China and Vietnam and looks at the distinctions between market socialism and capitalism. The book discusses whether market socialism is compatible with economic integration and whether state ownership can be reconciled with a market economy.
Download or read book Political Economy of Socialism written by Branko Horvat and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an exploration into the uncharted territory of social reality. It explores social relations and politics, presenting a critique of contemporary socioeconomic systems and discussions on the Marxist Doctrine of Transition. The book is intended to meet Robert Heilbroner's request.
Download or read book Dynamism Rivalry and the Surplus Economy written by János Kornai and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Dynamism, Rivalry, and the Surplus Economy, János Kornai examines capitalism as an economic system and in comparison to socialism. Kornai explains his view of capitalism as an economy of surplus--a chronic excess of supply of goods and labor. This environment breeds rivalry among producers, which in turn encourages innovation. Socialism, on the other hand, is defined by a shortage of goods and labor and excess of demand. Whereas socialism is slothful and imitative, capitalism is dynamic and progressive. The two essays of this book will explore these differing ideologies on macro and micro levels, ending with definitive explanations of how the systems work and how they develop.
Download or read book By Force of Thought written by János Kornai and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2008-09-26 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intellectual autobiography of an economist influential in both command economies and free market economies that discusses his life, work, and the social and political environment during the Second World War, the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and its aftermath, and the post-socialist transition.
Download or read book Decentralization in Developing Countries written by Dennis A. Rondinelli and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe written by Balázs Trencsényi and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe is a synthetic work, authored by an international team of researchers, covering twenty national cultures and 250 years. It goes beyond the conventional nation-centered narratives and presents a novel vision especially sensitive to the cross-cultural entanglement of political ideas and discourses. Its principal aim is to make these cultures available for the global 'market of ideas' and revisit some of the basic assumptions about the history of modern political thought, and modernity as such. The present volume is a sequel to Volume I: Negotiating Modernity in the 'Long Nineteenth Century'. It begins with the end of the Great War, depicting the colorful intellectual landscape of the interwar period and the increasing political and ideological radicalization culminating in the Second World War. Taking the war experience both as a breaking point but in many ways also a transmitter of previous intellectual traditions, it maps the intellectual paradigms and debates of the immediate postwar years, marked by a negotiation between the democratic and communist agendas, as well as the subsequent processes of political and cultural Stalinization. Subsequently, the post-Stalinist period is analyzed with a special focus on the various attempts of de-Stalinization and the rise of revisionist Marxism and other critical projects culminating in the carnivalesque but also extremely dramatic year of 1968. This volume is followed by Volume II: Negotiating Modernity in the 'Short Twentieth Century' and Beyond, Part II: 1968-2018.
Download or read book Papers on Planning and Economic Management written by Ely Devons and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UK. Compilation of essays on economic planning and economic administration, includes essays on the relationship between central planning and economic growth and organisation, the organisation and functions of government and public administration, university problems, the role of economists in economic policy making, etc., and includes a bibliography of the writings of ely devons. Biography devons e.
Download or read book Government and Business written by Earl Willis Crecraft and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Problems of Communism written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Transition to Socialism in China Routledge Revivals written by Mark Selden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1982. The dramatic changes in policy and theory following the death of Chairman Mao in 1976 and the publication of the most extensive official and unofficial data on the Chinese economy and society in twenty years both necessitated and made possible a thorough reconsideration of the full range of issues pertaining to the political and economic trajectory of the People’s Republic in its first three decades. The contributors to this volume initiated a comprehensive effort to address fundamental problems of China’s socialist development and to reassess earlier perspectives and conclusions.
Download or read book Economic Reform In The Prc written by C. W. Borklund and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In February 1978, the post-Mao leadership revealed an ambitious ten-year program (1976-1985) with a $600 million capital outlay, aimed at propelling China into the front ranks of the industrialized nations by the year 2000 through the modernization of agriculture, industry, science and technology, and defense. The new leadership soon realized that
Download or read book Industrial Policy in Europe after 1945 written by C. Grabas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together renowned scholars in the field with younger researchers, this interdisciplinary study of the history of post-war industrial policy in Europe investigates transfers across borders and locates industrial policy in the context of the Cold War from a global perspective.
Download or read book Emerging India written by Bimal Jalan and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As India marks the twenty-year milestone of economic liberalization, some concerns about the country’s future prospects as an emerging power are beginning to be voiced; often, these stem from the past history of sharp swings in India’s fortunes. Bimal Jalan, one of the country’s well-known economists and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, has closely followed the path of India’s economic policies across its changing trajectories, from before the time the economy was liberalized to the very present The pieces that appear here were all written during the last twenty years, with the exception of three prescient notes from the mid-1970s highlighting the need for economic reforms to foster growth. The principal thought behind these essays is that, in the past twenty years, India’s capacity to grow faster than ever before has increased substantially because of its comparative advantage in relation to other countries. However, Jalan points out that for India to seize the opportunities that lie ahead, it is essential to bring about further reforms in the running of India’s politics and administration in order to ensure inclusive and incremental economic growth. "
