ABSTRACT

It is now almost a decade since central and east Europe saw the demise of the Soviet-style economic planning which accompanied more ot less authoritarian political rule by communist parties. The economic thought, based on Marxist philosophy, which formed theoretical underpinning of centrally planned socialist economies, was peculiar to the region,

chapter 1|32 pages

Between Conformity and Reform

Economics under state socialism and its transformation

chapter 2|47 pages

Economics Under Socialism

The Russian case

chapter 3|78 pages

Looking Back at Economic Science in Poland, 1945–96

The challenge of system changes