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Comparative economics in a transforming world economy / J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., Marina V. Rosser.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: The Irwin series in economicsPublication details: Chicago : Irwin, c1996.Description: xx, 488 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0256130957
  • 9780256130959
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HB90 .R67 1996
Contents:
How do we compare economies? -- The theory and practice of market capitalism -- The theory and history of Marxism and socialism – The old traditional economy and variations Islamic economics and the economics of other religions -- The United States of America: the market capitalist leader -- Japan: a planned market economy with traditional elements -- Whither indicative planning? The case of France -- Sweden: crisis and reform of the social market welfare state -- The unification of Germany and the unification of Europe -- The former Soviet Union: the myth and reality of the command economy and Russia's economic transition -- Alternative paths of transition in the former Soviet Union -- Poland: the peril and promise of shock therapy -- Hungary: gradualism and the first successful completed transition? -- Worker-managed market socialism: the collapse of Yugoslavia and the success of Slovenia -- China's socialist market economy: the sleeping giant wakes -- Iran: the struggle for a new traditional Islamic economy -- Revolution and reform in the Mexican economy -- Korea: the lingering shadow of the Cold War -- Future trends of the transforming world economy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

How do we compare economies? --
The theory and practice of market capitalism --
The theory and history of Marxism and socialism –
The old traditional economy and variations
Islamic economics and the economics of other religions --
The United States of America: the market capitalist leader --
Japan: a planned market economy with traditional elements --
Whither indicative planning? The case of France --
Sweden: crisis and reform of the social market welfare state --
The unification of Germany and the unification of Europe --
The former Soviet Union: the myth and reality of the command economy and Russia's economic transition --
Alternative paths of transition in the former Soviet Union --
Poland: the peril and promise of shock therapy --
Hungary: gradualism and the first successful completed transition? --
Worker-managed market socialism: the collapse of Yugoslavia and the success of Slovenia --
China's socialist market economy: the sleeping giant wakes --
Iran: the struggle for a new traditional Islamic economy --
Revolution and reform in the Mexican economy --
Korea: the lingering shadow of the Cold War --
Future trends of the transforming world economy.

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