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Socialism with a Human Face

Using Behavioural Economics to Understand East German Economic History

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

AvGary B. Magee,Wayne Geerling

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East Germany’s economic history is typically told as a story of the unravelling of an inherently flawed system. Unencumbered by political preconceptions, it offers a more realistic understanding of East German economic history than that derived from stagnant debates about the clash of systems.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-04-02
Mått148 x 210 x 21 mm
Vikt486 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Studies in Economic History
Antal sidor356
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789811906664

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Ekonomisk historia inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
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Gary B. Magee is a Professor of Economics at Monash University, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has published widely in the fields of economic history, history and historical political economics.Wayne Geerling is an Associate Professor at Monash University. His expertise lies in European economic history. He has published widely in leading peer-reviewed journals in the fields of economics, economic history and history. He is the author (with Gary B. Magee) of Quantifying Resistance: Political Crime and the People’s Court in Nazi Germany (2018).

Chapter 1: Perceptions.- Chapter 2: Making Decisions: Lessons from Behavioural Economics.- Chapter 3: Establishing the Socialist Workplace: Labour, Norms and the Introduction of Piecework.- Chapter 4: Learning from the Soviet Union Means Learning to Win: Group Technology and the Mitrofanov method.- Chapter 5: Searching for Socialist Efficiency: The Case of the Schwedt Initiative.- Chapter 6: Choosing Bankruptcy: The Onset of Debt and Financial Crisis.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.