Struggle and Hope

Essays on Stabilization and Reform in a Post-socialist Economy

Studies in Comparative Economic Systems series

János Kornai, Allie S. Freed Professor of Economics, Harvard University, US and Permanent Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Collegium Budapest, Hungary

This major new book presents an objective and penetrating economic analysis of stabilization and reform in Eastern Europe, combined with a compassionate plea for individual rights and solidarity.

‘. . . he [the author] presents an interesting and original analysis of the transition to a post-socialist economy. . . . The book presents an illuminating analysis of the macroeconomic and social policy options in the process of change from a centrally planned, socialist economy to one based on the market and private enterprise.’
– Dharam Ghai, International Labour Review

‘This book could profitably be read by more than economists or specialists on Hungary. It does not require a sophisticated technical knowledge, and it goes well beyond a country study. What Kornai makes clear is that post communist transition is a process of worldwide significance to be explored with the whole array of tools provided by the social sciences.’
– Marie Lavigne, Slavic Review

‘. . . a thorough and judicious analysis of major problems and possible solutions.’
– M. Bornstein, Choice

我们中那些已经钦佩和良好的勇气sense of János Kornai for many years will greet this compilation of his 1994–1996 articles and interviews with warm anticipation. Chapters 5 and 6 offer us the best account I have seen of the “gradualist” road to reform and system change in Hungary.’
– Martin C. Spechler, Comparative Economic Studies