Market Socialism Or the Restoration of Capitalism?
Market Socialism Or the Restoration of Capitalism?

Author: Anders Aslund

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9780521411936

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When East European communism collapsed in the revolutions of 1989, the newly liberated countries discarded socialism altogether. For the first time, most of Eastern Europe experienced free elections and a multitude of parties, mostly with liberal, conservative or nationalist connotations, made their entry into political life. A bewildered world is now trying to imagine the future course of events. Has capitalism won or is something different emerging? Has market socialism vanished for good? How can the transitionary period be managed and what effect will it have on the standard of living in Eastern Europe? In this book, ten distinguished experts explore this transition to a market economy in Eastern Europe. In part I the authors consider what remains of market socialism. Wlodzimierz Brus discusses the future roles of both planning and the market, Mario Nuti argues that market socialism never existed, whilst Gerhard Fink outlines how a normal market economy can be established.

Why Market Socialism?
Why Market Socialism?

Author: Frank Roosevelt

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-16

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 131528667X

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A collection of essays on market socialism, originally published in Dissent between 1985 and 1993. Among other topics, they take issue with the traditional view that socialism means rejecting the use of markets to organise economic activities, and question the reliance upon markets.

Market Socialism
Market Socialism

Author: David Schweickart

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-22

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1134954476

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First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

From Solidarity to Sellout
From Solidarity to Sellout

Author: Tadeusz Kowalik

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1583672982

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In the 1980s and 90s, renowned Polish economist Tadeusz Kowalik played a leading role in the Solidarity movement, struggling alongside workers for an alternative to "really-existing socialism" that was cooperative and controlled by the workers themselves. In the ensuing two decades, "really-existing" socialism has collapsed, capitalism has been restored, and Poland is now among the most unequal countries in the world. Kowalik asks, how could this happen in a country that once had the largest and most militant labor movement in Europe? This book takes readers inside the debates within Solidar

On the Political Economy of Market Socialism
On the Political Economy of Market Socialism

Author: James A. Yunker

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-05-08

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 1351775383

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This title was first published in 2001. Spanning a quarter of a century, this collection makes conveniently accessible 14 of Yunker’s thorough and highly illuminating contributions to the literature on market socialism.

From Marx to the Market
From Marx to the Market

Author: Wlodzimierz Brus

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Published: 1989-11-23

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 0191518867

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BL With a new preface by the authors This is an important work of original scholarship by two of the most distinguished East European economists now working in the West. The authors, both of whom were involved in the Planning Office of the Polish economy in the 1950s and 1960s, present here the results of their efforts to develop theoretically a system of economic management which could in practice avoid the worst excesses of both market capitalism and central planning. The conclusions derived from this analysis are shown to open up a new dimension to the `socialism versus capitalism' controversy which has dominated much of the world throughout the twentieth century and which is especially significant as the countries of East and Central Europe re-structure their economies.

Markets and Socialism
Markets and Socialism

Author: Alec Nove

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13:

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These extracts concern the relationship between market and plan, or how to organize an economy to best satisfy demands for efficiency, compassion and freedom. Beginning with Karl Marx, this volume presents the non-market, market and mixed market models. It includes the socialist calculation debate and the experiences of Russia, East-Central Europe, Sweden, the US and China.

Market Socialism
Market Socialism

Author: Pranab K. Bardhan

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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A collection of essays which assesses the break-up of the Eastern European bloc and discusses whether the conversion of these countries to market socialism is feasible. The contributors represent a wide range of viewpoints and offer varying definitions of the concept of market socialism.

A Future for Socialism
A Future for Socialism

Author: John E. Roemer

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780674339460

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In this text, Roemer proposes a new future of socialism based on a redefinition of market socialism. The Achille's heel of socialism has always been maintaining innovation and efficiency in an economy in which income is equally distributed. Roemer points out that large capitalist firms have already solved a similar problem: in those firms, profits are distributed to numerous shareholders, yet they continue to innovate and compete. The author argues for a modified version of socialism, not necessarily based on public ownership, but founded on equality of opportunity and political influence.