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Economic Adjustment and Reform in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

Essays in Honor of Franklyn D. Holzman

By: Franklyn D. Holzman

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Economic Adjustment and Reform in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

Essays in Honor of Franklyn D. Holzman

By: Franklyn D. Holzman

Economic reform, structural adjustment, macroeconomic stabilization, and participation in the world economy are interconnected aspects of the same issue: the long-term economic viability of centrally planned economies in the rapidly changing economic environment of the modern world. Any economic strategy that focuses on only one or two of these aspects at the expense of the others is likely to fail; yet even strategies that build on all of these bases may well fail unless political leaders can muster exceptional skill, garner international support, and enjoy some good luck. The contributions to this volume reflect the recent research on this issue by various specialists on the economies of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Each author emphasizes macroeconomic stabilization, structural adjustment, participation in the larger world economy, or ecomonic reform.

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Duke University Press

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ISBN 10

0822308525

ISBN 13

9780822308522

The Economics Of Soviet Bloc Trade And Finance

By: Franklyn D Holzman

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The Economics Of Soviet Bloc Trade And Finance

By: Franklyn D Holzman

Reflecting Professor Holzman's important work, this book deals with major issues relating to both East-West and intra-bloc trade. Professor Holzman explores the transition in Soviet bloc economies over the past fifteen years from balanced hard-currency trade to large deficits with the West and the consequent development of a huge hard-currency debt. He compares the causes and treatments of deficits in planned economies with those in market economies and explores the dramatic differences in foreign trade behavior exhibited by Eastern and Western nations and the difficulties that arise when these conflicting systems interact in world markets. He also assesses the impact of Western economic warfare on the Soviet Union and makes recommendations for future U.S. trade policy. The author next turns to the issue of intra-bloc trade. In its early years the USSR economically exploited the smaller East European nations, but many argue that the Soviet Union now subsidizes trade with its partners in the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance in exchange for political, military, and ideological support–an argument that Professor Holzman strongly challenges. He also contends that CMEA, when viewed as a preferential trade group or customs union, has been markedly unsuccessful. On another level, Professor Holzman assesses the causes and possible cures for the serious, chronic problems related to currency inconvertibility, rigid bilateralism, and inability to use exchange rates as tools of economic adjustment. In an international economy growing ever more interdependent, the issues raised in these previously uncollected essays will continue to gain in importance as East and West meet in trade.

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Routledge

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1000316262

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9781000316261

Economic Adjustment and Reform in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

Essays in Honor of Franklyn D. Holzman

By: Franklyn D. Holzman

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Essays in Honor of Franklyn D. Holzman

By: Franklyn D. Holzman

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Duke University Press

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0822308525

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9780822308522

Book's by Franklyn D. Holzman

Economic Adjustment and Reform in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

Economic Adjustment and Reform in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

The Economics Of Soviet Bloc Trade And Finance

The Economics Of Soviet Bloc Trade And Finance

Economic Adjustment and Reform in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

Economic Adjustment and Reform in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

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