Product Description: The distribution of income between households is commonly raised as an economic policy issue. The extent to which economic rewards are concentrated in particular households and less available in others is a frequent concern in both political and economic debate...read more

Product Description: ]At a time of rapid change in Central and Eastern Europe, there is widespread interest in alternative forms of market economy. Is it possible to combine the best features of capitalism with the best features of socialism? The first part of the volume examines the idea of `Agathotopia' put forward by Nobel-Prize winner James Meade; the second with worker participation and economic democracy, including the Yugoslav experience and the third with partnership at macro- and micro-levels...read more

The first part of this volume examines the idea of 'agathotopia', put forward by Nobel Prize-winner James Meade. The second part deals with worker participation and economic democracy, including the Yugoslav experience. The third part considers partnership at macro and micro levels.

Product Description: Who gains and who loses from economic transformation in Eastern Europe is a key question--but one that is too rarely discussed. To understand the implications of the move to a market economy, it is necessary to know more about the distribution of income under Communism...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Who gains and who loses from economic transformation in Eastern Europe is a key question--but one that is too rarely discussed. To understand the implications of the move to a market economy, it is necessary to know more about the distribution of income under Communism...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The papers in this book examine the changes and the problems emerging in the New Europe, assess some of the forces at work and discuss various outcomes and solutions. The areas covered include labour market, including migration, unemployment, bargaining and industrial relations; the integration of eastern Europe in the New Europe; the role of the private sector in saving, and of the public sector in mobilising domestic financial resources; and the fiscal policy of the single European Market...read more

Product Description: These two volumes bring together key articles in the field of modern public finance, a field whch has seen a major revival of interest in the past 20 years. The articles reprinted are among those which have shaped its recent development, and include contributions by no fewer than seven Nobel prize winners...read more