Calculation and coordination : essays on socialism and transitional political economy
Peter J. Boettke
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2001
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| Authors: | Boettke, Peter J. |
| Publisher: |
London : Routledge |
| Subject: | Systemtransformation | Economic transition | Sozialismus | Socialism | Neue politische Ökonomie | Public choice | Russland | Russia | Marxismus | Marxism | Österreichische Schule | Austrian economics |
| Description of contents: |
This collection of essays from one of the major Austrian economists working in the world today brings together some of his key writings on a variety of economic issues
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| Extent: | Online-Ressource (xvi, 352 p) ill |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-337) and index Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Copyright acknowledgments; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Why are there no Austrian Socialists? Ideology, science, and the Austrian school; Economic calculation: the Austrian contribution to political economy; Hayek's The Road to Serfdom revisited: government failure in the argument against Socialism; Coase, Communism, and the ~Black Box~ of Soviet-type economies; The Soviet experiment with pure Communism; The political economy of utopia: Communism in Soviet Russia, 1918 21; Soviet venality: a rent-seeking model of the Communist state Credibility, commitment, and Soviet economic reformPerestroika and public choice: the economics of autocratic succession in a rent-seeking society; The reform trap in economics and politics in the former Communist economies; Promises made and promises broken in the Russian transition; The Russian crisis: perils and prospects for post-Soviet transition; The political infrastructure of economic development; Why culture matters: economics, politics, and the imprint of history; Concluding remarks; Economic freedom and wealth; Economic wealth and welfare; Notes; Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web |
| ISBN: | 0-203-46968-2 ; 0-415-23813-7 ; 978-0-415-23813-7 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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