{"product_id":"economic-welfare-and-the-economics-of-soviet-socialism-essays-in-honor-of-abram-bergson-paperback-9780521070294","title":"Economic Welfare and the Economics of Soviet Socialism; Essays in honor of Abram Bergson (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521070294","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEconomic Welfare and the Economics of Soviet Socialism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays in honor of Abram Bergson\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is a collection of essays written in honor of Abram Bergson, the father of modern Soviet economic studies and modern welfare economics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteven Rosefielde (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521070294, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 July 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is a collection of essays written in honor of Abram Bergson, the father of modern Soviet economic studies and modern welfare economics. The first part deals with Soviet economics, whereas the second part is devoted to welfare economics and includes essays by four Nobel laureates, Samuelson, Arrow, Tinbemen and Kuznets. All of the essays in the book are important contributions in their own right.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Soviet socialism: 1. Knowledge and socialism: deciphering the Soviet experience Steven Rosefielde\u003cbr\u003e 2. Economic growth and structural change in czarist Russia and the Soviet Union: a long-term comparison Paul R. Gregory\u003cbr\u003e 3. Corruption in a Soviet-type economy: theoretical considerations J. M. Montias and Susan Rose-Ackerman\u003cbr\u003e 4. Soviet use of fixed prices: hypothesis of a job-right constraint David Granick\u003cbr\u003e 5. Technological progress and the evolution of Soviet pricing policy Joseph S. Berliner\u003cbr\u003e 6. Earning differentials by sex in the Soviet Union: a first look Gur Ofer and Aaron Vinokur\u003cbr\u003e 7. Creditworthiness and balance-of-payments adjustment mechanisms of centrally planned economies Franklyn D. Holzman\u003cbr\u003e 8. Comparative advantage and the evolving pattern of Soviet international commodity specialization, 1950–1973 Steven Rosefielde\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Economic welfare: 9. Bergsonian welfare economics Paul A. Samuelson\u003cbr\u003e 10. Optimal and voluntary income distribution Kenneth J. Arrow\u003cbr\u003e 11. A note on production structure and aggregate growth Simon Kuznets\u003cbr\u003e 12. Optimal education, occupation, and income distribution in a simplist model Jan Tinbergen\u003cbr\u003e 13. The welfare economics of product quality under socialism Martin Spechler.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Macroeconomics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Macroeconomics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Macroeconomics%20%5BKCB%5D%22\"\u003eKCB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006350807320,"sku":"9780521070294","price":35.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521070294i.jpg?v=1694969173","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/economic-welfare-and-the-economics-of-soviet-socialism-essays-in-honor-of-abram-bergson-paperback-9780521070294","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}