Comparative economics in a transforming world economy. / J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., Marina V. Rosser.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2004Edition: 2nd edDescription: x, 646 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780262182348; 9780262681537Subject(s): Comparative economics | International economic relationsDDC classification: 337 LOC classification: HB90.R67Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: I. Overview of comparative economics: How do we compare economies? -- The Theory and practice of market capitalism -- The Theory and practice of market capitalism -- The Theory and history of marxism and socialism -- Islamic economics and the economics of other religions -- II. Varieties of advanced market capitalism: 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 -- III. Variants of transition among former socialist economies: 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 -- IV. Alternative paths among developing economies: India: the Elephant walks -- Iran: the struggle for a new traditional Islamic economy -- Revolution and reform in the Mexican economy -- North and South Korea: the lingering shadow of the cold war -- Evolving trends of the transforming world economy --
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