Socialist planning
By: Michael Ellman
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9781107427327; 9781107074736
Subjects: Economic policy; Comparative economics; Marxian economics; Central planning
Description: Socialist planning played an enormous role in the economic and political history of the twentieth century. Beginning in the USSR it spread round the world, and influenced economic institutions and policy in countries as varied as Bulgaria, the United States, China, Japan, India, Poland and France. Now in its third edition, this textbook is fully updated, and provides an overview of socialist planning, explains its underlying theory and limitations, looks at its implementation in various sectors of the economy, and places developments in their historical context, including the collapse of the USSR. A new chapter analyses how socialist planning worked in the defence-industrial complex.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 396- 416) and index.
Table of contents: title: The rise and fall of socialist planning --; title: The traditional model --; title: The reform process --; title: Planning the defence-industry complex --; title: Investment planning --; title: Planning agriculture --; title: Planning labour and incomes --; title: Planning consumption --; title: Planning international trade --; title: An evaluation of socialist planning.