The Evolution of economic systems : essays in honour of Ota Sik

Annotation Honouring Ota Sik's economics, political life, and his social and humane concerns, this book brings together contributions from economists from East and West. It examines principally the evolution of different economic systems Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction: Sik’s Third Way of Economic Evolution....Pages 1-18 Front Matter....Pages 19-19 Changing Priorities....Pages 21-31 Limitations to the Interdependence of Systems....Pages 32-42 Economics, Environment and the Faustian Imperative....Pages 43-58 Systems Reproduction in Interdisciplinary Perspective....Pages 59-67 Why Some Reforms Succeed....Pages 68-76 A Cognitive-evolutionary Theory of Economic Policy....Pages 77-87 Front Matter....Pages 89-89 Evolution and Stagnation of Economic Systems....Pages 91-99 The Self-organisation of the Economy....Pages 100-110 Evolution and Innovation....Pages 111-120 Waves in Long-term Economic Development....Pages 121-129 Front Matter....Pages 131-131 Plan, Market and Banking....Pages 133-140 The Market and the Classical Theory of Prices....Pages 141-154 Some Thoughts on Plan and Market....Pages 155-164 An Institutionalist View of the Evolution of Economic Systems....Pages 165-174 Front Matter....Pages 175-175 Socialist Experience and Ota Sik’s Third Way....Pages 177-185 Socialism as a Socio-economic System....Pages 186-192 On the Reformability of the Soviet-type Economic Systems....Pages 193-201 Strategic Reappraisal and Short-term Adjustment: The External Economic Policy of Socialist Countries at the Crossroads....Pages 202-212 The Technological Gap in the CMEA Countries: Missing Incentives....Pages 213-221 Front Matter....Pages 223-223 Innovation as the Crucial Problem of Perestroika....Pages 225-234 Gorbachev’s ‘Radical Reform’ and the Future of the Soviet Planning System....Pages 235-244 Success and Failure: Emergence of Economic Reforms in Czechoslovakia and Hungary....Pages 245-255 The State of the Debate on Planning in Hungary....Pages 256-264 The Evolution of Socialist Economic Theories and the Strategic Options of Reform in China....Pages 265-275 The Evolution of Economic Systems: A Summary....Pages 276-281 Back Matter....Pages 283-284 The Evolution of Economic Systems brings together contributions from economists from both East and West. While this naturally implies a comparative view, the volume attempts to overcome static comparative economic analysis by viewing the different economic systems in evolution. Edited By Kurt Dopfer And Karl-f. Raible. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.