Calculation and coordination : essays on socialism and transitional political economy

Author/Creator:

Boettke, Peter J., author

Publication/Creation:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Calculation and coordination : essays on socialism and transitional political economy / Peter J. Boettke

Series Titles:

Foundations of the market economy
Foundations of the market economy series.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Marxian economics
Austrian school of economics
Social choice
Soviet Union--Economic policy

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Copyright acknowledgments; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Why are there no Austrian Socialists? Ideology, science, and the Austrian school; Economic calculation: the Austrian contribution to political economy; Hayek's The Road to Serfdom revisited: government failure in the argument against Socialism; Coase, Communism, and the ~Black Box~ of Soviet-type economies; The Soviet experiment with pure Communism; The political economy of utopia: Communism in Soviet Russia, 1918 21; Soviet venality: a rent-seeking model of the Communist state
Credibility, commitment, and Soviet economic reformPerestroika and public choice: the economics of autocratic succession in a rent-seeking society; The reform trap in economics and politics in the former Communist economies; Promises made and promises broken in the Russian transition; The Russian crisis: perils and prospects for post-Soviet transition; The political infrastructure of economic development; Why culture matters: economics, politics, and the imprint of history; Concluding remarks; Economic freedom and wealth; Economic wealth and welfare; Notes; Index

Summary:

This collection of essays from one of the major Austrian economists working in the world today brings together in one place some of his key writings on a variety of economic issues.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936526645502486

ISBN:

1-134-55730-2
1-134-55731-0
0-429-23267-5
1-280-40419-1
0-203-46968-2

OCLC Number:

437078739
232157045

Other Identifiers:

doi: 10.4324/9780203469682