Preface -- Overview of comparative economics -- How do we compare economies? -- The theory and practice of market capitalism -- The theory and history of marxism and socialism -- Islamic economics and the economics of other religions varieties of advanced market capitalism -- The United States...

The economic transition from planned command socialism to market capitalism has been unpredictable and complicated with a variety of divergent paths and outcomes emerging from the breakup and collapse of the former Soviet-led Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) bloc. Although social,...