ABSTRACT
This study of economic reforms throughout Eastern Europe covers the history of attempts at decentralization. The book:
* Describes the centralized model and compares its requirements with the realities of socialist countries
* Discusses the economic policies of the post-Stalinist period
* Examines the origin of the reforms which began in 1956, culminating in the Soviet economic reform of 1965 and the rehabilitation of profit.
Countries covered include the former USSR, the former East Germany and Hungary.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|43 pages
The centralised model and the Stalinist hierarchy of priorities
part II|66 pages
Economic policies in the post-Stalinist period and the origins of the reforms
part III|128 pages
The reforms and their aftermath