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The Socialist System: The Political Economy of Communism
János Kornai · Princeton University Press · 1992
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János Kornai
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DOI 10.1515/9780691228020
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2026-09-01
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Soviet-type centrally planned economies achieved industrialisation but failed to generate sufficient technical innovation and intensive growth, and central planning trampled civil and political liberties.
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