Roadblocks to the Socialist Modernization Path and Transi...
Günther, Jutta / Wagener, Hans-Jürgen / Ludwig, Udo / Jaje¿niak-Quast, Dagmara
This open access book examines how different economic systems impacted the development of East Germany and Poland. Through comparing these countries while they were centrally planned socialist economies with the periods when they transitioned to capitalism, the inability of socialist economies to modernize effectively and produce sustained economic growth is highlighted. Particular attention is given the role of technological progress in econo...
