The Great Rebirth: Lessons from the Victory of Capitalism over CommunismColumbia University Press, 10.10.2014 - 320 Seiten The fall of communism transformed the political and economic landscape in more than two dozen countries across Europe and Asia. In this volume published on the 25th anniversary of the fall, political leaders, scholars, and policymakers assess the lessons learned from the "great rebirth" of capitalism and highlight the policies that were most successful in helping countries make the transition to stable and prosperous market economies. Also discussed in this book are examples of countries reverting to political and economic authoritarianism. The authors of these essays conclude that the 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 two-day symposium of experts and practitioners reflecting on the past, present, and future of reform, held in Budapest, Hungary, on May 6–7, 2014. |
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... leadership— success is far from guaranteed. Several economies in the region pursued a different path or failed ... leaders who made transition work— and those reflections are all the more rewarding and relevant by virtue of being ...
... leadership— success is far from guaranteed. Several economies in the region pursued a different path or failed ... leaders who made transition work— and those reflections are all the more rewarding and relevant by virtue of being ...
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... leaders willing to carry out early, radical, and compre- hensive reforms in incremental steps rather than delaying reform achieved the best outcomes. Deregulation of prices and markets, macroeconomic stabiliza- tion, and privatization ...
... leaders willing to carry out early, radical, and compre- hensive reforms in incremental steps rather than delaying reform achieved the best outcomes. Deregulation of prices and markets, macroeconomic stabiliza- tion, and privatization ...
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... leader- ship of economists Yegor Gaidar and Anatoly Chubais. For many reasons it was much more difficult to reform Russia than Central and Eastern Europe; it was even more difficult in many former Soviet republics. Eventually most of ...
... leader- ship of economists Yegor Gaidar and Anatoly Chubais. For many reasons it was much more difficult to reform Russia than Central and Eastern Europe; it was even more difficult in many former Soviet republics. Eventually most of ...
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... Leadership matters most in the early transition , before institutions rein in leaders . Daniel Treisman's econometric analysis identifies the three leaders who had the greatest impact on reform : Yegor Gaidar in Russia , Dimitar Popov ...
... Leadership matters most in the early transition , before institutions rein in leaders . Daniel Treisman's econometric analysis identifies the three leaders who had the greatest impact on reform : Yegor Gaidar in Russia , Dimitar Popov ...
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... leader , finance minister , and chairman of the central bank Leszek Balcerowicz . He sticks to his original idea that radical approaches work better . Reformers had to be prepared to act when a window of opportunity opened up and move ...
... leader , finance minister , and chairman of the central bank Leszek Balcerowicz . He sticks to his original idea that radical approaches work better . Reformers had to be prepared to act when a window of opportunity opened up and move ...
Inhalt
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Chapter 2 Regression Reform Reversal in Hungary after a Promising Start | 39 |
The Spirit and Main Contours of the Postcommunist Transformation | 53 |
The Most Radical Reforms | 73 |
The Arduous Transition to a Market Economy | 89 |
Part II Latecomers and NoShows | 111 |
Part III Trends | 185 |
Chapter 10 The Microeconomics of Postcommunist Transformation | 187 |
Macroeconomic Aspects of Transition | 205 |
The Role of Trade and Investment | 233 |
Chapter 13 Transition in Historical Perspective | 251 |
Chapter 14 The Political Economy of Change after Communism | 273 |
Timeline of Events in the Region | 297 |
Abbreviations | 305 |
The Latecomer That Caught Up | 113 |
The Greatest Vacillations | 135 |
The Most Radical CatchUp Reforms | 149 |
Greatest Hopes Greatest Disappointments | 165 |
About the Contributors | 307 |
Index | 309 |
Other Publications from the Peterson Institute for International Economics | 321 |
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