This title was first published in 1967. The main ideas in this book originated some time in 1957-1958 — the period when the first reorganization of planning a

These extracts concern the relationship between market and plan, or how to organize an economy to best satisfy demands for efficiency, compassion and freedom. B

This is the first book in English to present a succinct overview of the influential work of Russian economist Yakov Abramovich Kronrod (1912-1984) on the politi

An overview of socialist planning that explains the underlying theory and its limitations, also placing developments in their historical perspective.

Devine begins with an analysis of the theory and practice of capitalist planning, central planning and 'market socialism'. He argues that, while market socialis