From Socialism to Capitalism by Janos Kornai - 9789633860014

From Socialism to CapitalismEight Essays\nAuthor(s): Janos Kornai\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Central European University Press, Hungary\nImprint: Central European University Press\nISBN-13: 9789633860014, 978-9633860014\nSynopsis\nEight essays connected by various common strands. The most important one is the community of the main subject-matter: socialism, capitalism, democracy, change of system. These four expressions cover four phenomena of great and comprehensive importance. Each piece in the book deals with these and the connections between them.\n\nOne of the Leitmotifs is the capitalism/socialism pair of opposites. Capitalism has a history of several hundred years, while the socialist regime existed only for a few decades. But this pair of opposites was central to the history of the twentieth century. This antagonism put its stamp on political thinking, on the foreign policy and military preparedness of every country, and on some appallingly destructive armed conflicts. Al.