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_b.R67 1996
100 1 _aRosser, John Barkley,
245 1 0 _aComparative economics in a transforming world economy /
_cJ. Barkley Rosser, Jr., Marina V. Rosser.
260 _aChicago :
_bIrwin,
_cc1996.
300 _axx, 488 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c25 cm.
440 4 _aThe Irwin series in economics
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505 _aHow 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.
650 0 _aComparative economics.
650 0 _aInternational economic relations.
700 1 _aRosser, Marina V.
942 _cBK