比较经济制度

在ternational Library of Critical Writings in Economics series

Edited by Paul Dragos Aligica, Senior Research Fellow, F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and Peter J. Boettke, University Professor of Economics and Philosophy, George Mason University, US

The search for alternatives to capitalism and the problem of comparative assessment of the performance of socialist and capitalist systems have inspired one of the richest and most remarkable episodes in the history of economic thought. By the mid 20th century an entire field had emerged, conceptualizing, theorizing, monitoring, and analyzing the largest and most consequential social and economic natural experiment in human history: Real-life Socialism. This volume focuses on the fundamental literature associated with the comparative study of socialist and capitalist systems. It features both a well-rounded inquiry of the modern history of economic thought, as well as a vibrant and critical disentanglement of the role of the economic system from the role of environment and policy decisions, as determinants of economic performance. Together with an original introduction by the editors, this collection will be an interesting and invaluable research resource for libraries, academics and students alike.

‘This exquisite anthology covers sixty years of conceptual and empirical scholarship on comparative economic systems, zeroing in on central plan economies. Paul Dragos Aligica and Peter J. Boettke have assembled both indispensable classic papers and innovative recent contributions. The volume encompasses several types of central plan economies, including the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Mao’s China, and Yugoslavia. Five distinct sections organize thirty-six articles into a logical sequence, enabling the volume to achieve simultaneously two objectives: provide a multifaceted, in-depth analysis of the subject and present a history of economic ideas and debates. An exhaustive introduction by the editors summarizes this history in a lively fashion.’
– Michael S. Bernstam, Stanford University, US

‘The history books of economic thought are disturbingly incomplete, lacking a vast chapter covering the evolution of collectivist economic ideas and scholarly attempts at comparing the (dis)advantages of capitalist and communist systems. Any specialist or student eager to fill this gap is advised to read the Aligica-Boettke collection, particularly its subtext, carefully. The selection follows a thematic logic, but reading between the lines of thematic analysis the editors successfully present an authentic evolutionary pattern of Comparative Economic Systems.’
– Janos Matyas Kovacs, Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna – Lorand Eotvos University, Budapest