The contagion effects emanating from the recent East Asian turmoil provide an interesting test of the strength of the foundations for macroeconomic and financial stability laid by the post-communist transition and how this strength varies across central and eastern Europe and the CIS. The...

A collection of economic essays, arranged thematically into chapters, on key issues of public concern and policy. This book explains the economics of the National Health Service and the top rate tax cuts, the education reforms, the house price boom, the poll tax and the balance of payments crisis