Overcentralization in Economic Administration: A Critical Analysis Based on Experience in Hungarian Light Industry

by Jnos Kornai and János Kornai

Book Overview

Overcentralization in Economic Administration (Oxford, 1959) was the first book written by an Eastern European and published in the West that openly criticized socialist central planning. In this work the distinguished economist J nos Kornai begins a lifelong study of the economic organization of centrally planned economies.

Professor Kornai's aim in this book was to observe the reality of the working socialist system, and to draw conclusions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192894420
• ISBN13: 9780192894427
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"