Klappentext: This book discusses the case for socialism and the models of socialist planning. Through examining different countries, each chapter examines the successes and failures of contrasting socialist policies. The theories and techniques of socialist planning are discussed in relation to...

1. Kautilya’s Arthashashtra and a mixed economy within Monarchy -- 2. Socialism in the Soviet Union -- 3. Socialism within a Democracy, Fabian Socialism in Yugoslavia, Scandinavia, India -- 4. Socialist theory of Feldman and Mahalanobis -- 5. Socialist Calculation -- 6. Contemporary capitalism...

How does persecution affect who migrates? We analyze migrants' self-selection out of the USSR and its satellite states before and after the collapse of Communism using census microdata from the three largest destination countries: Germany, Israel, and the United States. We find that migrants...

1. The degree of monopoly in the Kaldor-Mirrlees growth model -- 2. Capitalism, socialism and steady growth -- 3. Introductory essay to V. K. Dmitriev -- 4. Michal Kalecki's contributions to the theory and practice of socialist planning -- 5. Kalecki and Keynes revisited -- 6. Socialism on earth...