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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.
| ISBN | 0262024470 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780262024471
(What's this?) | | Pages | 252 | | Publisher | MIT Press Ltd | | Volumes | 000 | | Imprint | MIT Press | | Weight (grammes) | 590 | | Format | Hardback | | Published in | Cambridge, Mass. | | Publication date | 03 Nov 1998 | | Height (mm) | 231 | | Non-book description | vii, 244 p. : | | Width (mm) | 160 | | Library of Congress | 98023560 | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | DEWEY | 330.947 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Preface | | | | 1 | | Why So Much Pain? An Overview by Richard Layard | | 1 | | 2 | | Output: Causes of the Decline and the Recovery by Stanislaw Gomulka | | 13 | | 3 | | Inflation: Causes, Consequences, and Cures by Peter Boone and Jakob Horder | | 43 | | 4 | | Privatization and Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe by Saul Estrin | | 73 | | 5 | | Bank Restructuring and Enterprise Reform by Sweder van Wijnbergen | | 99 | | 6 | | Unemployment and Restructuring by Richard Jackman | | 123 | | 7 | | Why China Grew by Wing Thye Woo | | 153 | | 8 | | Why China Grew: The Role of Decentralization by Chenggang Xu and Juzhong Zhuang | | 183 | | | | Notes | | 213 | | | | References | | 219 | | | | Index | | 233 |
"Eastern Europe, Russia, and China emerged from communism with verydifferent records of progress and pain. To understand why, read this book.It presents a fascinating account of transition experiences and revealsmany secrets of success and failure." Andrei Shleifer , Professor of Economics, Harvard University  Be the first to write a customer review
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