János Kornai Knihy

Práce nastiňuje program přechodu od byrokraticko direktivního typu ekonomiky na moderní tržní systém.

Beneficial social and economic exchange relies on a certain level of trust. But trust is a delicate matter, not least in the former socialist countries where illegitimate behaviour by governments made distrust a habit. The chapters in this volume analyze the causes and the effects of the lack of social trust in post-socialist countries. The contributions originated in the Collegium Budapest project on Honesty and Theory and Experience in the Light of the Post-Socialist Transition. A second volume entitled, Building a Trustworthy State in Post-Socialist Transition , is being published simultaneously.

These seven essays by a prominent Eastern bloc economist delve into critical social and economic issues within socialist economies. Published in Hungary in 1983, they offer firsthand insights from an insider striving for frankness and impartiality regarding his country's economic experiment. The essays differentiate between traditional centralized socialist economies and those, like Hungary's, undergoing institutional reforms. Rather than providing a broad analysis, they focus on key characteristics of social economies to encourage comparative thinking. The topics addressed will engage sociologists, political scientists, historians, philosophers, and economists alike. Kornai emphasizes that modern societies often blend elements of capitalism and socialism, resulting in diverse systems featuring various market dynamics and management styles. This comparative perspective highlights both the significant differences and the underlying similarities between these systems. The essays cover themes such as the reproduction of shortage, budget constraints, paternalism, the interplay of economics and psychology, the state of Hungarian economic reform, efficiency in socialist ethics, and public health. János Kornai serves as Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest.

Súbor štúdií a prednášok z rokov 1992–1997, v ktorých sa svetoznámy maďarský ekonóm, profesor Harvardskej univerzity, vyjadruje k rozporuplnému a často málo prehľadnému vývoju postkomunistických krajín. Táto kniha je osobitým sprievodcom labyrintom trhovej ekonomiky nielen pre ekonómov.

Memoáre známeho ekonóma Jánosa Kornaiho, ktoré boli doposiaľ publikované v prekladoch do mnohých svetových jazykov, vyšli práve vo vydavateľstve Kalligram v slovenskom preklade Juraja Šebestu pod názvom "Silou mysle" s podtitulom "Netradičné spomienky na intelektuálnu púť".