Comparative economics in a transforming world economy / J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., Marina V. Rosser.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of comparative economics -- How do we compare economies? -- The theory and practice of market capitalism -- The theory and history of Marxism and socialism -- Islamic economics and the economics of other religions -- Varieties of advanced market capitalism -- The United States of America : the market capitalist leader -- Japan : a planned market economy with traditional elements -- Whither indicative planning? the case of France -- Sweden : crisis and reform of the social market welfare state -- The unification of Germany and the unification of Europe -- Variants of transition among former socialist economies -- The former Soviet Union : the myth and reality of the command economy and Russia's economic transition -- Alternative paths of transition in the former Soviet Union -- Poland : the peril and promise of shock therapy -- Hungary : gradualism and the first successful completed transition? -- Worker-managed market socialism : the collapse of Yugoslavia and the success of Slovenia -- China's socialist market economy : the sleeping giant wakes -- Alternative paths among developing economies -- India : the elephant walks -- Iran : the struggle for a new traditional Islamic economy -- Revolution and reform in the Mexican economy -- North and South Korea : the lingering shadow of the Cold War -- Evolving trends of the transforming world economy.