Comparative Economics in a Transforming World Economy

Name: Comparative Economics in a Transforming World Economy
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ISBN: 9780262182348

ISBN-10: 0262182343

ISBN-13: 9780262182348

Edition: 2nd 2003

Authors: J. Barkley Rosser, Marina V. Rosser

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This second edition of an innovative undergraduate text offers an approach to understanding different economic systems that reflects both recent transformations in the world economy and recent changes in the field of Comparative Economic Systems. The traditional way of teaching comparative economics, with its reliance on relatively simple dichotomies (private vs. state, planning vs. market) does not take into consideration the many variants and mixtures of economic systems that exist in the real world. The Rossers' introduction in the first edition of the concept of the "new traditional economy" -- the effort by a developing country to embed a modern economic system into a traditional…

Book details

List price: $125.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 12/23/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 672
Size: 7.24" wide x 9.25" long x 1.39" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English

Marina V. Rosser is Professor of Economics at James Madison University.



Preface



Overview of Comparative Economics



How Do We Compare Economies?



The Theory and Practice of Market Capitalism



The Theory and History of Marxism and Socialism



Islamic Economics and the Economics of Other Religions



Varieties of Advanced Market Capitalism



The United States of America: The Market Capitalist Leader



Japan: A Planned Market Economy with Traditional Elements



Whither Indicative Planning? The Case of France



Sweden: Crisis and Reform of the Social Market Welfare State



The Unification of Germany and the Unification of Europe



Variants of Transition Among Former Socialist Economies



The Former Soviet Union: The Myth and Reality of the Command Economy and Russia's Economic Transition



Alternative Paths of Transition in the Former Soviet Union



Poland: The Peril and Promise of Shock Therapy



Hungary: Gradualism and the First Successful Completed Transition?



Worker-Managed Market Socialism: The Collapse of Yugoslavia and the Success of Slovenia



China's Socialist Market Economy: The Sleeping Giant Wakes



Alternative Paths Among Developing Economies



India: The Elephant Walks



Iran: The Struggle for a New Traditional Islamic Economy



Revolution and Reform in the Mexican Economy



North and South Korea: The Lingering Shadow of the Cold War



Evolving Trends of the Transforming World Economy


Glossary


Index