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Post-communist transition economies

Economics

Books on socialist planning and the move to markets in Russia, Poland, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Vietnam, including Kornai's work.

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  1. The Socialist System: The Political Economy of CommunismJános Kornai, 1992
  2. Economics of ShortageJános Kornai, 1979
  3. Poland's Jump to the Market EconomyJeffrey Sachs, 1993
  4. Socialism, Capitalism, TransformationLeszek Balcerowicz, 1995
  5. From Plan to MarketAdam Fforde, Stefan de Vylder, 1996
The Socialist System: The Political Economy The Socialist System: The Political Economy of Communism
T1 The Socialist System: The Political Economy of Communism
János Kornai · 1992
Open LibraryGoodreads

How socialist economies really worked: soft budgets, shortage and party power.

Economics of ShortageEconomics of Shortage
T2 Economics of Shortage
János Kornai · 1979
Open LibraryGoodreads

A theory of socialist economies, where chronic shortage is the normal state.

Poland's Jump to the Market EconomyPoland's Jump to the Market Economy
T2 Poland's Jump to the Market Economy
Jeffrey Sachs · 1993
Open LibraryGoodreads

The case for Poland's 1990 shock therapy, from an adviser to the programme.

Socialism, Capitalism, TransformationSocialism, Capitalism, Transformation
T2 Socialism, Capitalism, Transformation
Leszek Balcerowicz · 1995
Open LibraryGoodreads

Essays on moving from socialism to markets by Poland's reforming finance minister.

From Plan to MarketFrom Plan to Market
T2 From Plan to Market
Adam Fforde, Stefan de Vylder · 1996
Open LibraryGoodreads

How Vietnam moved from central planning to a market economy, from field research.

Sale of the CenturySale of the Century
T2 Sale of the Century
Chrystia Freeland · 2000
Open LibraryGoodreads

Russia's 1990s privatisation and the rise of the oligarchs, from Moscow.

Transition and EconomicsTransition and Economics
T2 Transition and Economics
Gerard Roland · 2000
Open LibraryGoodreads

Formal political economy applied to the move from communism to markets.

By Force of ThoughtBy Force of Thought
T2 By Force of Thought
János Kornai · 2006
Open LibraryGoodreads

An economist's path from young communist in Hungary to analyst of socialism.

From Socialism to CapitalismFrom Socialism to Capitalism
T2 From Socialism to Capitalism
János Kornai · 2008
Open LibraryGoodreads

Eight essays on the post-1989 move from socialism to capitalism.

Europe's Growth Champion
T2 Europe's Growth Champion
Marcin Piatkowski · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads

How Poland achieved Europe's fastest sustained growth after 1989.

Taking Stock of Shock
T2 Taking Stock of Shock
Kristen R. Ghodsee, Mitchell Orenstein · 2021
Open LibraryGoodreads

What happened to Eastern Europe in the thirty years after 1989, measured.

Central and Eastern Europe, 1944-1993: DetouCentral and Eastern Europe, 1944-1993: Detour from the Periphery to the Periphery
T3 Central and Eastern Europe, 1944-1993: Detour from the Periphery to the Periphery
Ivan T. Berend · 1996
Open LibraryGoodreads

Economic history that explains the industrial base the Czechs privatised.

The Rise and Fall of Czech CapitalismThe Rise and Fall of Czech Capitalism
T3 The Rise and Fall of Czech Capitalism
Martin Myant · 2003
Open LibraryGoodreads

The book on voucher privatisation, bank ownership and the tunnelling that followed.

How Capitalism Was BuiltHow Capitalism Was Built
T3 How Capitalism Was Built
Anders Åslund · 2007
Open LibraryGoodreads

Comparative transition account; Czech vouchers judged against other sequencing choices.

From the Soviet Bloc to the European UnionFrom the Soviet Bloc to the European Union
T3 From the Soviet Bloc to the European Union
Ivan T. Berend · 2009
Open LibraryGoodreads

Covers EU accession as the main driver of Romanian institutional change.

Poland's New Capitalism
T3 Poland's New Capitalism
Jane Hardy · 2009
Open LibraryGoodreads

Foreign investment, labour and the costs of the transition, told critically.

From Solidarity to SelloutFrom Solidarity to Sellout
T3 From Solidarity to Sellout
Tadeusz Kowalik · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

The critique of the transition's distributional cost.

The Great Rebirth: Lessons from the Victory The Great Rebirth: Lessons from the Victory of Capitalism over Communism
T3 The Great Rebirth: Lessons from the Victory of Capitalism over Communism
Anders Åslund, Simeon Djankov · 2014
Open LibraryGoodreads

Includes the Czech voucher scheme written up by people who designed and criticised it.

Ukraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix ItUkraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It
T3 Ukraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It
Anders Åslund · 2015
Open LibraryGoodreads

The oligarch model, gas trading rents and the post-Maidan reform agenda.

Russia's Crony CapitalismRussia's Crony Capitalism
T3 Russia's Crony Capitalism
Anders Aslund · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

How the rent-extraction system is organised under Putin.

The Central Asian Economies in the Twenty-FiThe Central Asian Economies in the Twenty-First Century
T3 The Central Asian Economies in the Twenty-First Century
Richard Pomfret · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

The standard economic survey: resource rents, transit corridors, reform records.

How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and DemoHow Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy
T4 How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy
Anders Åslund · 2009
Open LibraryGoodreads

The 1991-2008 transition; explains where the industrial assets came from.

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