Plаnning, Shortаgе, аnd Trаnsformаtion: Essаys in Honor of Jаnos Kornаi
Publisher: Thе MIT Prеss
Number of Pages: 550
Published: 2000-05-01
List price: $70.00
The three major themes of Janos Kornai’s work reflected in the title of this book--planning, shortage, and transition, or transformation--figure prominently in the essays. After a philosophical introduction by Edmond Malinvaud, the book is divided into three sections: Markets and Organizations, Theory of Transition, and The Transitional Experience. Janos Kornai is one of the world’s leading experts on the economics of socialism and transition. An early advocate of reform in Hungary, he has written penetrating analyses of centrally planned economies and their transformation to m...