Raphael Shen

The Polish Economy

Legacies from the Past, Prospects for the Future

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

.Economic reform measures introduced in Poland have been the most radical and ambitious in the newly free countries of Eastern Europe. In a short time that country has moved from a centrally planned economy to a free-market system. The ramifications and implications of these economic reforms are influencing economic thought and planning in other recently liberalized, formerly communist societies. Raphael Shen asserts that measures taken to transform the Polish economy should be implemented over time rather than overnight, and should be moderate rather than radical. Throwing the centrally planned system out and replacing it with the free-market system instantly means that, in the short term at least, Poland will have no smoothly functioning system in place. The necessary economic infrastructure and basic institutions have had no time to develop. The contrived market system cannot function in a meaningful way. The current experience in Poland has already led to extensive disillusionment among Polish consumers and doubts among academicians. The Polish experience will be a valuable lesson in economics for students and decision makers. Shen's book valuable to students, teachers, and researchers in the areas of comparative economic systems, economic development, and economic history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 539g
• ISBN-13: 9780275938864
• ISBN-10: 0275938867
• Artikelnr.: 25566040

Autorenporträt

RAPHAEL SHEN is Professor of Economics at the University of Detroit/Mercy. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including, most recently, Ukraine's Economic Reform: Obstacles, Errors, and Lessons (1996) and Restructuring the Baltic Economies: Disengaging Fifty Years of Integration with the USSR (1994).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Poland in Historical Perspective The Structure and Functioning
of the Economy, 1945-1989 The Polish Economy in Light of Performance
Criteria The Main Legacies from the Past The Polish Economy in Transition,
1987-1989 Fiscal and Monetary Policies Pricing and Income Policies Manpower
and Employment Policies Industry: Privatization Agriculture Foreign
Investment Policy Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Needed:
Enterprise-Level Adjustments Reform Prospects, Recommendations, and
Conclusions Chronology of Significant Events, January 1989-December 1990
Selected Bibliography Index