Economic Devolution in Eastern Europe

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Longmans [for] the Institute of Economic Affairs, 1969 - Europe de l'Est - 165 pages
Analysis of problems arising from the gradual abandonment of original communist economic theory and from recent reform of economic administration and economic planning within the framework of the collective economy of socialist countries of Eastern Europe - covers decentralization of administration, consumption, production, profits, price determination, inflation, trade, unemployment, disguised unemployment, etc. Bibliography pp. 159 to 165, and statistical tables.

Contents

Introduction
1
Planning for Utopia
7
The Root Causes of the East European Crisis
26
Chto Delat? What is to be Done?
40
Prices as criteria?
51
Problems of Market Pricing
66
Planning and the Market
87
Planning government revenue and expenditure
95
Foreign Trade
103
Adjustment to the world market
107
Dangers Looming Ahead
116
Resistances and fears
128
Conclusions
134
East European Reforms and Western Malaise
145
Select Bibliography
159

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