Overcentralization in economic administration : a critical analysis based on experience in Hungarian light industry /

'Overcentralization in Economic Administration' (1959) was the first book written by an Eastern European and published in the West that openly criticized socialist central planning. In this work the distinguished economist János Kornai begins a lifelong study of the economic organization o...

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Main Author: Kornai, János (Author)
Other Authors: Knapp, John (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2023]
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Summary:'Overcentralization in Economic Administration' (1959) was the first book written by an Eastern European and published in the West that openly criticized socialist central planning. In this work the distinguished economist János Kornai begins a lifelong study of the economic organization of centrally planned economies. Professor Kornai's aim in this book was to observe the reality of the working socialist system, and to draw conclusions that were not distorted by the laws of Marxist political economy. He provided a lucid and coherent account of conditions, along with normative recommendations which influenced the Hungarian reform process, culminating in the economic changes of 1968.
Item Description:Translated from the Hungarian.
This translation originally published: 1959.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191946394
0191946397
9780192647146
0192647148
9780192668691
0192668692