Road from Serfdom The Economic and Political Consequences of the End of Communism

Name: Road from Serfdom The Economic and Political Consequences of the End of Communism
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ISBN: 9780140242195

ISBN-10: 0140242198

ISBN-13: 9780140242195

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Authors: Robert Skidelsky

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The fall of communism at the end of the 1980s was hailed as a triumph for Western capitalism, but initial euphoria soon turned to pessimism as the West failed to react adequately to the momentous changes that were taking place in the new world order. In The Road from Serfdom, Robert Skidelsky offers a provocative interpretation of the forces precipitating communism's collapse, and a trenchant vision for the future. Drawing parallels between present conditions and the post-World War I flux that led John Maynard Keynes to formulate his seminal The Economic Consequences of the Peace, Skidelsky links the collapse of communism - and its turbulent legacy - to the global failure of this century's…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 2/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Robert Skidelsky, a professor of political economy at Warwick University, is also the author of Politicians and the Slump and Oswald Mosley.