Planning and Market in Soviet and East European Thought, 1960s1992 [Hardcover]

This book discusses the evolution of ideas about the desirable combination of planning and market in the former Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary since the 1960s, when major economic reforms started, up to 1991 when the countries have been engaged in a transformation of their economies into market economies. It also discusses the common and contrasting features of the debates which evolved in the countries under review.List of Abbreviations - Preface - Acknowledgements - PART 1: DEBATES ON PLANNING AND MARKET IN THE 1960s - Common and Contrasting Features of the Debates in the 1960s - The USSR - Czechoslovakia - Hungary - Poland - PART 2: DEBATES ON PLANNING AND MARKET IN THE 1980s AND 1990-91 - Common and Contrasting Features of the Debates - Hungary - Poland - The USSR - Czechoslovakia - PART 3: CONCLUDING REMARKS - Observations - Notes - Bibliography - Index