Rediscovering fire : basic economic lessons from the Soviet experiment /

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Marx promoted the idea that economic laws were universal, but the Soviet Union tested his ideas on the premise that by eliminating private property they could eliminate markets and prices?and they tested that proposition on a grand scale. However, in managing an economy based on public ownership, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nell, Guinevere Liberty, 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Algora Pub., ©2010.
Subjects:
Mixed economy > Soviet Union.
Central planning > Soviet Union.
Économie mixte > URSS.
Planification impérative > URSS.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Central planning
Economic history
Economic policy
Mixed economy
Soviet Union > Economic conditions.
Soviet Union > Economic policy.
URSS > Conditions économiques.
URSS > Politique économique.
Soviet Union
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The real benefits of competition
  • The dynamics of unemployment and efficiency
  • The holistic target : the value of profit and loss for the firm
  • The rat race : the value of profit and loss for the economy
  • Middlemen, trade, and the market system
  • The high price of price control
  • The root of all prosperity : money and the danger of centralized monetary policy
  • Regulation and the institutions of a dynamic economy
  • Democracy and freedom
  • Corporate capitalism or the free market.

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