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| Author: | Wagener, H.-J. |
| Title: | Second thoughts? Economics and economists under socialism |
| Journal: | Kyklos
1997 : VOL. 50:2, p. 165-187 |
| Index terms: | SOCIALISM ECONOMISTS EUROPE, CENTRAL EUROPE, EAST POLITICAL ECONOMY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The paper results from interviews held among economists from Central and Eastern Europe. It tries to get an inside view on the profession under communist rule. As expected the results depend upon period and country under analysis. Poland and Hungary did not lose contact with Western developments, while the Soviet Union and the GDR and also Czechoslovakia after 1968 isolated themselves completely. In Russia there was an own development in the sphere of optimal planning theory. In the GDR strict political control and adherence to dogmatism led to sterility. Reform thinking became stronger in the 1980s, with the exception of the GDR and Russia. The result are corroborated by the personal situation of the individual economist. Asked where they see the lasting contribution of economists under communism, most respondents are rather pessimistic: |
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