Gebundenes Buch

Communist Planning versus Rationality

Mathematical Economics and the Central Plan in Eastern Europe and China

Herausgeber: Kovács, János Matyas

Beschreibung

This volume examines failed attempts at modernizing the communist economy by means of optimal planning. It traces the rise and fall of the concept in Eastern Europe and China, explaining why the mission of optimization was doomed to fail and why it may nevertheless be relaunched today.

Autor

János Mátyás Kovács is honorary professor at Eötvös Lorand University, senior member at Research Center for the History of Transformations (RECET) at University of Vienna, permanent fellow emeritus at Institute for Human Sciences, and visiting professor at Central European University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9781793631770
• ISBN-10: 1793631778
• Artikelnr.: 63432403