Emerging from Communism: Lessons from Russia, China and Eastern Europe - Hardcover

Boone, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262024470 ISBN 13: 9780262024471

Publisher: MIT Press, 1998

Synopsis

Issues addressed include inflation, privatization, enterprise restructuring, banking reform and labor market policy, and the role of decentralization in China's growth. The collapse of communism in Europe was one of the most important world events since the end of World War II. Although China has taken major steps in the direction of capitalism, in Eastern Europe, China, and Central Asia the transformation has been only partly accomplished; in Cuba and North Korea it has not even begun. In Eastern Europe and Russia, economic reforms were accompanied by huge falls in output, followed by some recovery in Eastern Europe, especially in Poland. By contrast, in China output has grown steadily at a rate never seen in Europe. If free markets and private ownership are meant to increase economic opportunity and welfare, why has their introduction been accompanied by such pain in Eastern Europe and Russia? The contributors to this book believe that future reform strategies in any country depend on understanding what has occurred in these emerging economies so far. Issues addressed include inflation, privatization, enterprise restructuring, banking reform and labor market policy, and the role of decentralization in China's growth. Contributors Peter Boone, Saul Estrin, Stanislaw Gomulka, Jacob Horder, Richard Jackman, Richard Layard, Sweder Van Wijnbergen, Wing Thye Woo, Chengang Xu, Juzhong Zhuang

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Review:

-- Andrei Shleifer, Professor of Economics, Harvard University

" Eastern Europe, Russia, and China emerged from communism with very different records of progress and pain. To understand why, read this book. It presents a fascinating account of transition experiences and reveals many secrets of success and failure." -- Andrei Shleifer, Professor of Economics, Harvard University

& quot; Eastern Europe, Russia, and China emerged from communism with very different records of progress and pain. To understand why, read this book. It presents a fascinating account of transition experiences and reveals many secrets of success and failure.& quot; -- Andrei Shleifer, Professor of Economics, Harvard University

"Eastern Europe, Russia, and China emerged from communism with very different records of progress and pain. To understand why, read this book. It presents a fascinating account of transition experiences and reveals many secrets of success and failure."--Andrei Shleifer, Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Synopsis:

The collapse of communism in Europe was one of the most important world events since the end of World War II. Although China has taken major steps in the direction of capitalism, in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia the transformation has been only partly accomplished; in Cuba and North Korea it has not even begun. In Eastern Europe and Russia, economic reforms were accompanied by huge falls in output, followed by some recovery in Eastern Europe, especially in Poland. By contrast, in China output has grown steadily as a rate never seen in Europe. If free markets and private ownership are meant to increase economic opportunity and welfare, why has their introduction been accompanied by such pain in Eastern Europe and Russia? The contributors to this book believe that future reform strategies in any country depend on understanding what has occurred in these emerging economies so far. Issues addressed include inflation, privatization, enterprise restructuring, banking reform and labour market policy, and the role of decentralization in China's growth.

About this edition

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0262024470
• ISBN 13: 9780262024471
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248