Struggle and Hope

Struggle and Hope

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Kornai, János
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
EAN: 9781858986067
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This major book presents an objective and penetrating economic analysis of stabilization and reform in Eastern Europe, combined with a compassionate plea for individual rights and solidarity.

Janos Kornai - one of the most famous Hungarian economists of his generation - focuses on two main issues: first, the problems of stabilization and adjustment, which are painful but necessary conditions of sustainable growth and second, the reform of the 'premature welfare state' of Eastern European countries, which is disproportionately large in relation to the resources available and which was hitherto managed in a highly centralized, bureaucratic and paternalistic way.

Struggle and Hope goes beyond most other books on the transition process by placing considerable emphasis on the understanding of the ethical implications and the historical roots of each problem, and also the political conditions and consequences of change. Although economic efficiency is extremely important, it is not the exclusive criterion; ethical principles of individual sovereignty and solidarity must also receive particular attention.

Professor Kornai's insightful analysis will become required reading for all those concerned with the process of post-socialist transition.

EAN 9781858986067
ISBN 1858986060
Binding Hardback
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publication date December 15, 1997
Pages 304
Language English
Dimensions 234 x 156
Country United Kingdom
Readership Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Authors Kornai, Janos
Series Studies in Comparative Economic Systems series
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