Capitalist Goals, Socialist Past

Ben Slay is assistant professor of economics at Middlebury College.

• 1. Overview: The Return of the Private and Cooperative Sectors in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union Part One: The Development of Small-Scale Enterprise in Former Command Economies 2. The Indigenous Private Sector in Poland 3. Privatization in Post-Soviet Russia: The Politics and Psychology of Reform 4. Struggles over a Growing Private Sector: The Case of Hungary 5. Private Enterprise Development and the Transition to a Market Economy in the Czech and Slovak Republics 6. The Growth of Small Enterprise and the Private Sector in Yugoslavia Part Two: The Environment for Private Enterprise 7. Competition Under the Laws Governing Soviet Producer Cooperatives During Perestroika 8. Banking and Financial Reform in a Mixed Economy: The Case of Hungary 9. The Perils of Privatizing State Property: The Polish Case