Ideology: Mask, or Nessus Shirt?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VIII
3. I. Introduction 1
4. PART I. Analytical Framework for the Comparison of Economic Systems
5. 2. On the Description and Comparison of Economic Systems 27
6. 3. Centralization and Decentralization in Economic Processes 79
7. 4. Organization and Comparative Economics: Some Approaches 103
8. PART II. Alternative Approaches to the Comparison of Economic System Performance
9. 5. On Comparing Planned Economies* (A Methodological Inquiry) 137
10. 6. Comparative Productivity and Efficiency in the Soviet Union and the United States* 161
11. 7. On The Measurement of Comparative Efficiency 219
12. Comment 233
13. PART III. Some Environmental Variables and System Characteristics
14. 8. Notes on Stage of Economic Growth as a System Determinant 243
15. 9. Ideology as a System Determinant 269
16. Ideology: Mask, or Nessus Shirt? 289
17. Reply 297
18. 10. "Eastern" Approaches to a Comparative Evaluation of Economic Systems 301
19. PART IV. The Comparison of Economic Systems
20. 11 An Integration 339
21. Index 357