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04639cam a2200493 a 4500 001 16AE611E2B1011DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20090730152127 008 070312s2007 enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2007010103 020 $a 0521865263 (hardback) 020 $a 9780521865265 (hardback) 020 $a 0521683823 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780521683821 (pbk.) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d UKM $d BWK $d IXA $d NLGGC $d VP@ $d IWG $d SILO 043 $a e-ur--- $a e-ur--- 050 00 $a HC244 $b .A8135 2007 082 00 $a 330.9470009/049 $2 22 084 $a 83.30 $2 bcl 100 1 $a AÌslund, Anders, $d 1952- 245 1 $a How capitalism was built : $b the transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia / $c Anders AÌslund. 260 $a New York, NY : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2007. 300 $a xvi, 356 p. : $b ill. ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-342) and index. 505 0 $a Communism and its demise. Real socialism. Decline and fall of socialism. The demise of communism in Central Europe. The collapse of the Soviet Union -- Shock therapy vs. gradualism. The radical reform program : a big bang. Gradual reform programs. Rent seeking : the scourge of transition. Criticism of radical reform after the Russian financial crash -- Output : slump and recovery. Sharp decline in recorded output and varied recovery. Exaggeration of the slump. Radical reform : least decline and early recovery. Late reformers : surged after 1998 -- Liberalization : the creation of a market economy. Different strategies of deregulation. Liberalization of foreign trade. Labor market policy. Combat of monopoly : gas and coal. A big bang : vital in deregulation -- From hyperinflation to financial stability. Establishing national currencies. Radical fiscal adjustment was key. Tax policy : from social democratic to liberal. Monetary policy : from loose to strict. Exchange rates : currency board or free float. Dramas of financial stabilization -- Privatization : the establishment of private property rights. Differing aims of privatization. Small-scale privatization : if started, swiftly done. Large-scale privatization : the biggest headache. Privatization of land, real estate, and housing. New enterprise development : the ultimate success. Great achievements of privatization. Vital : speed and legitimacy of property rights -- An inefficient social system. Incomes : differentiation and poverty. Life and health. Education adjusting to demand. Social transfers and pension reform. Alternative social models -- Democracy vs authoritarianism. Democratic breakthrough : critical for successful transformation. An under-reform trap. Renewed democratization : colored revolutions. Parties, electoral rules, and constitutions. How to tame the leviathan : reform of the communist state. Public opinion and ideology. Democracy and democracy aid -- From crime toward law. An explosion of crime. Attempts at building a legal system. Corruption : the bane of transition -- The role of oligarchs. Who are the oligarchs? The economics of oligarchy. The politics of oligarchy. Complaints : a matter of ideology. A question of property rights. Putin's alternative : centralized dictatorship -- The role of international assistance. The dream of Europe. Western failure to act in the East. Trade policy : a gulf between the EU and the CIS. International assistance : insufficient but crucial -- Conclusions : a world transformed. Different models. Achievements and revelations. Why certain polices worked while others did not. 651 0 $a Former communist countries $x Economic policy. 651 0 $a Former communist countries $x Economic conditions. 650 0 $a Post-communism $z Former communist countries. 650 0 $a Privatization $z Former communist countries. 650 17 $a Postcommunisme. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Privatisering. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Economische hervormingen. $2 gtt 651 7 $a GOS. $2 gtt 651 7 $a Midden-AzieÌ. $2 gtt 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007010103.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2007010103-d.html 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2007010103-b.html 941 $a 4 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180127055346.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824033112.0 952 $l N5UX522 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OSAX771 $d 20090708133753.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=16AE611E2B1011DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 994 $a 01 $b IWGInitiate Another SILO Locator Search