By force of thought : irregular memoirs of an intellectual journey /

"Kornai's memoir describes his research - including his present-day evaluation of his past work - as well as the social and political environments in which he did his work. The difficulties faced by a critic of central planning in a communist country are made especially vivid by material f...

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Main Author: Kornai, János (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Kornai's memoir describes his research - including his present-day evaluation of his past work - as well as the social and political environments in which he did his work. The difficulties faced by a critic of central planning in a communist country are made especially vivid by material from newly opened secret police files and informers' reports on his activities. By Force of Thought will be a resource for students of economic thought, socialist systems, and postsocialist transition, and for readers interested in Eastern European intellectual life before, during, and after communism."--Jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 461 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
ISBN:9780262277440
0262277441
9781429460927
142946092X
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/1708.001.0001