Comparative Economic Systems (The Dryden Press Series in Economics)

By H. Stephen Gardner

Book Overview

This work compares the economic systems of regions from free market to communism. Since the fall of the Soviet Union and the movement toward entrepreneurship in the remaining communist countries, this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0030328225
• ISBN13: 9780030328220
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

An insightful analysis of the World's economic systems.

This book explores and compares the different economic systems throughout the world in an easy, almost non-academic manner (it's used in several universities as a textbook.) Mr. Gardner writes in an entertaining and easy-to-understand style, and his explanations are precise and informative. Having been written in 1988, the book still dedicates a good portion of its content to the Soviet communist economic system, which is now a "distant" memory. Still, it's a good reminder of how divided the world was economically and philosophically for almost the entire 20th Century. All in all, a must read for people who want to learn the basics (and a lot of nuances) of the main economic systems of the world