Memoirs of a (Highly) Political Economist

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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These memoirs portray an individual coping with the adversities and surrealistic qualities of life and work under communism. The author recollects his adolescence, next, how he tried to avoid head-on conflicts, dissented, and how he finally became a known critic of the system. As such, he belonged to a group of advisers to the underground «Solidarity» leadership. His memoirs help to understand the collapse of the communist system and the stormy period of systemic change from a personal perspective. The author participated in these changes as an already well known Sovietologist, as well as through his own on- and off involvements in post-communist transition politics, participating in various advisory bodies (including that advising President Walesa).

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-11-02
Mått148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt380 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor205
FörlagPeter Lang AG
ISBN9783631668795

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Contents: Growing up in the Stalinist World – Studying and Working under Communist Orthodoxy – Mane-Thekel-Fares: The (Still Barely Visible) Writings on the Wall – «Solidarity Picnic» and Its Aftermath – Communism: Game Over – Long Term Economic Trends and Transition to Freedom – Vanishing Output and Intellectual Invasion of Doubting Thomases – Coming to the Rescue of Transition: The Power of the Market – A Collision of Emotions, Ideology, and Economics.