The essays contained herein span over a decade and reflect David Prychitko's thinking about the role of the market system, and its relation to planning and democratic processes. The collection consists of previously published and unpublished articles written not only for economists but also for...

"Examines Chinese urbanization and industrialization strategies for a model petroleum city, Daquing, during the early years of the People's Republic. It concerns the politics of building, the pursuit of food, energy and resources, and the everyday lives of the working men and women who inhabited...

Foreword : what was the plan? And what was it meant to do? / Don Kalb -- I. Primitive socialist accumulation in Cluj -- 1. Productive state apparatuses : taking over the factories, 1944-1948 -- 2. 'More precious than gold' : labour instability and the 'stickiness' of everyday life -- 3....