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"In the days before textbooks became dominant, prominent economists surveys the field of economics for the benefit of intelligent thinkers and students alike. Berliner has returned to this mode in a masterly survey of the variety of economic systems and their implications for the good society. It is an absorbing effort and an urbane treatment of critical issues.""
James R. Millar, Director, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, The George Washington University
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"In the author's words, this book is 'not for economists but for people generally who like to muse about making a better world.' I truly believe that all people - economists or non-economists, conservatives, liberals, or socialists - who are interested in understanding what went wrong in both the Soviet and capitalist systems, and in exploring possible ways to improve our society, will find this book stimulating and inspiring"."
Chenggang Xu, London School of Economics
""Do you believe the very rich are entitled to their wealth? Who do you think should be assigned to society's dirty jobs? Berliner uses his deep understanding of different economic systems to suggest that there are many answers to such questions. This important book links the advantages and problems of an individual's economic preferences to the values inherent within popular proposals. Anyone interested in economics policy will learn a lot about policies - and perhaps also about himself or herself - from this humane book.""
Peter Temin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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""In the days before textbooks became dominant, prominent economists surveys the field of economics for the benefit of intelligent thinkers and students alike. Berliner has returned to this mode in a masterly survey of the variety of economic systems and their implications for the good society. It is an absorbing effort and an urbane treatment of critical issues.""
James R. Millar, Director, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, The George Washington University
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""In the author's words, this book is 'not for economists but for people generally who like to muse about making a better world.' I truly believe that all people - economists or non-economists, conservatives, liberals, or socialists - who are interested in understanding what went wrong in both the Soviet and capitalist systems, and in exploring possible ways to improve our society, will find this book stimulating and inspiring.""
Chenggang Xu, London School of Economics
""Do you believe the very rich are entitled to their wealth? Who do you think should be assigned to society's dirty jobs? Berliner uses his deep understanding of different economic systems to suggest that there are many answers to such questions. This important book links the advantages and problems of an individual's economic preferences to the values inherent within popular proposals. Anyone interested in economics policy will learn a lot about policies - and perhaps also about himself or herself - from this humane book.""
Peter Temin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"In the days before textbooks became dominant, prominent economists surveys the field of economics for the benefit of intelligent thinkers and students alike. Berliner has returned to this mode in a masterly survey of the variety of economic systems and their implications for the good society. It is an absorbing effort and an urbane treatment of critical issues."
James R. Millar, Director, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, The George Washington University
"In the author's words, this book is 'not for economists but for people generally who like to muse about making a better world.' I truly believe that all people - economists or non-economists, conservatives, liberals, or socialists - who are interested in understanding what went wrong in both the Soviet and capitalist systems, and in exploring possible ways to improve our society, will find this book stimulating and inspiring."
Chenggang Xu, London School of Economics
"Do you believe the very rich are entitled to their wealth? Who do you think should be assigned to society's dirty jobs? Berliner uses his deep understanding of different economic systems to suggest that there are many answers to such questions. This important book links the advantages and problems of an individual's economic preferences to the values inherent within popular proposals. Anyone interested in economics policy will learn a lot about policies - and perhaps also about himself or herself - from this humane book."
Peter Temin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
