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Aron J. Katsenelinboigen
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Central Mathematical Economic Institute
comparative economic systems
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economic corruption
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expensive
glasnost reforms
Gray Market
hierarchical
horizontal
Horizontal Mechanisms
Jewish Economists
Mathematical Economics
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mechanisms
Michigan State University
Military Expenditures
Monetary Wages
Nep
Official Soviet Press
Optimal Planning
people
perestroika transition
Perpetual Motion Machine
planned economies
Pluralistic Mechanism
political pluralism
Post-war
Socioeconomic Rights
Soviet Economic Science
Soviet Economic System
Soviet Economy
Soviet Intelligentsia
Soviet Planning System
Soviet policy alternatives analysis
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Vertical Mechanisms
Vice Versa
Violating
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- ISBN 9781412808705
- Weight: 612g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Apr 2009
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Political change in the Soviet Union never seemed more likely than in the period of glasnost and perestroika. The Soviet Union: 1917-1991 examines some of the less well explored areas of Soviet political and economic life to develop a feasible set of alternatives for future Soviet development and to establish which ones the system is predisposed to select.Katsenelinboigen takes on these difficult questions. Is it wise to develop glasnost in ways that allow masses to participate in the solution of strategic national problems? Can Soviet military expenses be reduced only to direct ones or is the whole Soviet economy military oriented? What explains widespread corruption among Soviet officials? Can market institutions be introduced into the Soviet economy, and if so, how is this best accomplished? Rather than focusing on a single dimension, such as authoritarianism versus democracy, his analysis incorporates multidimensional perspectives (among them, pluralism, division of powers and openness participation of competent and responsible people in decision making) which permit a more precise understanding of the limits of present options and allow him to develop new policy prospects.Although this book is about the Soviet Union, the approaches Katsenelinboigen uses have application in other contexts. His discussion of inflation for example and why it is found in planned as well as market economies has important implications for many developing countries. It will be of interest to those who seek a new perspective on events in the Soviet Union, as well as specialists in international relations, political science, and economics.
Aron J. Katsenelinboigen (1927-2005) was a professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his graduate training in economics from Moscow State Institute and later taught at Moscow State University. He immigrated to the United States in 1973. Among his books in English are Soviet Economic Thought and Political Power in the U. S. S. R., Studies in Soviet Economic Planning, Some New Trends in Systems Theory, and Selected Topics in Indeterministic Systems.
