The Socialist System: The Political Economy of Communism

by János Kornai

Book Overview

To understand the dramatic collapse of the socialist order and the current turmoil in the formerly communist world, this comprehensive work examines the most important common properties of all socialist societies. JNBnos Kornai brings a life-long study of the problems of the socialist system to his explanation of why inherent attributes of socialism inevitably produced in-efficiency. In his past work he has focused on the economic sphere, maintaining...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691003939
• ISBN13: 9780691003931
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 675 Pages
• Weight: 2.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"