Contradictions and Dilemmas: Studies on the Socialist Economy and Society

by János Kornai

These seven essays by the Eastern block's most important economist address and explore many of the critical social and economic issues inherent in the socialist economy. Published in Hungary in 1983, they are the firsthand observations of an insider who attempts to be as frank and impartial as possible about the experiment in his own country. The essays distinguish the classical or traditional form of a highly centralized socialist economy from a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262111071
• ISBN13: 9780262111072
• Release Date: April 1986
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.7" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher