The great rebirth :
lessons from the victory of capitalism over communism /
Anders Aslund and Simeon Djankov, editors.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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Washington, DC : Peterson Institute for International Economics, [2014]
- Summary
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"The fall of communism 25 years ago transformed the political and economic landscape in more than two dozen countries across Europe and Asia. In this volume, political leaders, scholars and policymakers assess the lessons learned from the 'great rebirth' of capitalism, highlighting the policies that were most successful in helping countries make the transition to stable and prosperous market economies, as well as those cases of countries reverting to political and economic authoritarianism. The authors of these essays conclude that best outcomes resulted from visionary leadership, a willingness to take bold steps, privatization of state-owned enterprises and deregulation. Recent backsliding in Russia and Hungary has cast a shadow over the legacy of the transition a quarter century ago, however. This volume grew out of a ... symposium ... held in Budapest, Hungary in May, 2014"--Publisher's description.
- Physical Description
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xi, 320 pages :
illustrations, map ;
23 cm
- ISBN
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0881326976
9780881326970
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