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...

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- I: Introduction -- II: The Organizational Structure of Heavy Industry -- III: The Composition of Firm Management -- IV: Formation of Plans -- V: Limitations of the Plan -- VI: Centralized Operational Direction of Firms -- VII: Plant Management’s...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Preface to English Translation -- CHAPTER 1. QUANTITY PLANNING: BALANCES AND NORMS -- CHAPTER 2. THE PLACE OF FINANCIAL PLANNING IN THE SOVIET PLANNING SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 3. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATERIAL AND FINANCIAL GUIDANCE AND DIVISION OF ECONOMIC...

Despite the restrictions on their work and actions, the economists of the Soviet period produced a great deal of bold and important work. With the erosion of the old Stalinist controls, economists in the Soviet Union themselves became very interested in the history of their profession, not least...