Incomplete Revolutions: Success and Failures of Capitalist Transition Strategies in Post-Communist Economies

ISBN-13: 9780765603708 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 272 str.

Adam Zwass

Opis

This volume focuses on the role of privatization strategies, contrasting the outcomes of the voucher plans with outright sale of state assets (including to foreign investors). The author considers the record of newly emerging banking and financial systems.

Spis treści

From a Failed "People's Capitalism" to a New Oligarchy, The Success and Failure of Coupon (Voucher) Privatization, The "Invisible Hand" of the Czech Market Is Not Yet Capable of Leading, Russia's Reform Path: From Failed "People's" Capitalism to "Bazaar" Capitalism, Big Capital in an Underdeveloped Setting, Overconcentration of Capital in Capital-Poor Russia, The Omnipresent Mafia, Russia's Slavic Neighbors: Similarities and Differences in Reform, In Bulgaria and Romania the Second Reform Phase Is in Statu Nascendi, Poland and Hungary: The Unexpected But Not Accidental Comeback of the Ex-Communists, Poland's Ex-Communists Privatized Like Capitalists, The Polish People Do Not Believe in Utopias Anymore….Epilogue

O autorze

Adam Zwass