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Ethics and Politics to the Rescue of Neoclassical Economics?
Author(s) -
Winiecki Jan
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1989.tb01137.x
Subject(s) - communism , politics , economics , economic reform , neoclassical economics , political science , political economy , law and economics , economic system , law
Why is it so difficult to reform the economies of Eastern Europe? Jan Winiecki, of the Institute of Labour Economics in Warsaw, argues that the decline of moral standards under communism means that reform can only be brought about by people untainted by the old regime.