Rediscovering fire : basic economic lessons from the Soviet experiment /

Rediscovering fire : basic economic lessons from the Soviet experiment / Guinevere Liberty Nell.

Marx promoted the idea that economic laws were universal, but the Soviet Union tested his ideas on the premise that by eliminating private property they could eliminate markets and prices?and they tested that proposition on a grand scale. However, in managing an economy based on public ownership, th...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Nell, Guinevere Liberty, 1976-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Algora Pub., ©2010.
Subjects:
Mixed economy > Soviet Union.
Central planning > Soviet Union.
Central planning.
Economic history.
Economic policy.
Mixed economy.
Soviet Union > Economic conditions.
Soviet Union > Economic policy.
Soviet Union.
Table of Contents:
  • The real benefits of competition
  • The dynamics of unemployment and efficiency
  • The holistic target : the value of profit and loss for the firm
  • The rat race : the value of profit and loss for the economy
  • Middlemen, trade, and the market system
  • The high price of price control
  • The root of all prosperity : money and the danger of centralized monetary policy
  • Regulation and the institutions of a dynamic economy
  • Democracy and freedom
  • Corporate capitalism or the free market.

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