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...

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 Introduction -- 2 The Meaning of the First Decade of Soviet Socialism -- 3 The Political Economy of Utopia: Communism in Soviet Russia, 1918–1921 -- 4 The Political Economy of NEP: Market Relations and Interventionism in Soviet Russia, 1921–1928 -- 5 The Political Economy of Development...

Chapter 1. Socialism Collapsed Regardless Of How Long The Progressive Society “Built” It! -- Chapter 2. Marxist Perspective on the Capitalist Economy -- Chapter 3. Capitalism’s Contradictions and Reasons of Its Collapse -- Chapter 4. Theoretical Socialism or the First Phase of Communism --...

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...

1. 'To catch up and overtake' the West : Soviet discourse on socialist competition / Jutta Scherrer -- 2. Optimal planning, optimal economy, optimal life? The Kosygin reforms, 1965-72 / Aappo Kähönen -- 3. More efficiency via democracy : debates over reforming the GDR / Dieter Segert -- 4. The...