This study of economic reforms throughout Eastern Europe covers the history of attempts at decentralization. The book: * Describes the centralized model and compares its requirements with the realities of socialist countries * Discusses the economic policies of the post-Stalinist period *...

[eng] The french economy in the revolutionary storm: continuity and change. . The French Revolution should not be viewed as a general breaking in French economic history. It had mostly conservative effects for the agricultural sector, and tended to solidify the agrarian structures. More...

[fre] Cet article montre que l'Angleterre à conjugué de 1650 à 1750 trois éléments : une croissance significative des salaires réels, une amélioration de la productivité dans l'agriculture et un freinage de la croissance démographique. Aucun pays n'avait réuni auparavant ces trois...