{"product_id":"the-market-meets-its-match-9780674549845","title":"The Market Meets Its Match","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder free-market shock therapy, many economies of former socialist countries of Eastern Europe have declined. Why has there been so much stagnation, inflation, and de-industrialization, and what can be done to produce a turnaround? This book addresses these questions in revealing detail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA highly readable and extremely convincing account of why the strategies adopted by east European governments have failed. [The authors] argue that these governments adopted a free-market, neo-classical model of capitalist development, totally inappropriate to their condition and history, and one which did not reflect the way advanced capitalist countries had themselves developed. -- Peter Lawrence * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface    From Pseudo-Socialism to Pseudo-Capitalism   Transition Macroeconomics   The Black Box of State-Owned Enterprises   Overloading the Market Mechanism   Pseudo-Privatization and the World Bank   Enterprise and the State   Challenges Facing the State   Reconstructing the State   Economy, Society, and the State    Notes   References   Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090719109463,"sku":"9780674549845","price":31.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674549845.jpg?v=1762273191","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-market-meets-its-match-9780674549845","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}