TY - BOOK ID - 149841887 TI - The distorted world of Soviet-type economies PY - 2011 SN - 0415677432 0203808371 1136668217 1136668225 PB - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Central planning KW - Europe, Eastern KW - Europe, Eastern KW - Economic conditions KW - Economic policy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:149841887 AB - First published in 1988 this substantial and innovative contribution to the critical literature on the economies of the former Soviet bloc is unusual in that its author is equally familiar with both Western and Eastern sources. It highlights, in particular, a discrepancy between the behaviour of individuals in Soviet-style economies and that expected of agents in a market system. It proceeds to outline how the consequent discordance between microeconomic practice and macroeconomic planning generates fundamental economic distortions. ER -