Thirty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it is rather clear what transition policies have worked. Almost all the post-communist countries have become market economies and have achieved macroeconomic stability. Privatization was economically necessary, and its economic outcomes have...

The development of the institutional capacity to create and evaluate economic policies remains a critical need-and constraint-in most transition economies if they are to complete the successful passage to fully functioning market economies. To take an active role in the transition process,...

The development of the institutional capacity to create and evaluate economic policies remains a critical need - and constraint - in most transition economies if they are to complete the successful passage to fully functioning market economies. To take an active role in the transition process,...

Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Board of Directors -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- Introduction -- PART I -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- PART II -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- PART III -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 --...

Cover -- How Capitalism Was Built -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: A World Transformed -- OVERVIEW OF THE ARGUMENTS OF THIS BOOK -- Was It Possible to Build Well-Functioning Market Economies in a Few Years? -- Was It Not...

"Anders Åslund is known for making bold predictions, which initially arouse controversy but become common wisdom a few years later. He foresaw the collapse of the Soviet Union in his book Gorbachev's Struggle for Economic Reform (1989). He depicted the success of Russia's market transformation...