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> Subject: [PEN-L:7823] Stiglitz to WB
> one possible point in J. Stiglitz's favor: hasn't he written a
> book that argues that a rapid transition from a centrally-planned
> economy to a full-scale market economy is a bad idea? or am I
> reading book jackets incorrectly?
>
> always judging books by their covers,
> ;-)
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> in pen-l solidarity,
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> Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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If you are talking about his "Whither Socialism", that was one of the
points in the book. Also there is some critique of Neoclassical
theory--the other form of AIDS plaguing many Third World countries
through policies constructed on the basis of neoclassical "axioms".
Jim Craven
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