02517cam a22003254a 4500 13297068 OSt 20220120114543.0 030731s2004 mauab b 001 0 eng 2003059363 9780262182348 9780262681537 DLC LC DLC pcc HB90.R67 337 22 Rosser, J. Barkley Jr Comparative economics in a transforming world economy. / J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., Marina V. Rosser. 2nd ed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2004. x, 646 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: I. Overview of comparative economics: How do we compare economies? -- The Theory and practice of market capitalism -- The Theory and practice of market capitalism -- The Theory and history of marxism and socialism -- Islamic economics and the economics of other religions -- II. 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 -- III. 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 -- IV. 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 -- Comparative economics. International economic relations. Rosser, Marina V. 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 8454 15954 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-KL WIUC-KL GEN 2019-10-23 STM 0 HB90.R67(2e) K/337/337/19 2022-01-20 00:00:00 2022-01-20 BK