- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 The Subject and Method
- 2 The Antecedents and Prototypes of the System
- 3 Power
- 4 Ideology
- 5 Property
- 6 Coordination Mechanisms
- 7 Planning and Direct Bureaucratic Control
- 8 Money and Price
- 9 Investment and Growth
- 10 Employment and Wages
- 11 Shortage and Inflation: The Phenomena
- 12 Shortage and Inflation: The Causes
- 13 Consumption and Distribution
- 14 External Economic Relations
- 15 The Coherence of the Classical System
- 16 The Dynamics of the Changes
- 17 The “Perfection” Of Control
- 18 Political Liberalization
- 19 The Rise of the Private Sector
- 20 Self‐Management
- 21 Market Socialism
- 22 Price Reforms
- 23 Macro Tensions
- 24 Concluding Remarks
- References
- Bibliography on Postsocialist Transition
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Planning and Direct Bureaucratic Control
Planning and Direct Bureaucratic Control
- Chapter:
- (p.110) 7 Planning and Direct Bureaucratic Control
- Source:
- The Socialist System
- Author(s):
János Kornai (Contributor Webpage)
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
A comprehensive analysis is made of planning under the socialist system. This starts with an account of the elaboration of the national economic plan; there are various plans of various lengths, and this discussion focuses on the annual plan, which is the real operational tool in running the economy. The next section of the chapter discusses plan implementation. Both these sections describe the processes according to the official regulations. The remaining sections of the chapter discuss the ‘actual rules of the game’, together with the interests, motives, and conflicts of the participants, and the problem of the vast amount of information required for the planning process.
Keywords: annual plans, bureaucracy, bureaucratic control, information, plan implementation, planning, regulations, socialism, socialist systems
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 The Subject and Method
- 2 The Antecedents and Prototypes of the System
- 3 Power
- 4 Ideology
- 5 Property
- 6 Coordination Mechanisms
- 7 Planning and Direct Bureaucratic Control
- 8 Money and Price
- 9 Investment and Growth
- 10 Employment and Wages
- 11 Shortage and Inflation: The Phenomena
- 12 Shortage and Inflation: The Causes
- 13 Consumption and Distribution
- 14 External Economic Relations
- 15 The Coherence of the Classical System
- 16 The Dynamics of the Changes
- 17 The “Perfection” Of Control
- 18 Political Liberalization
- 19 The Rise of the Private Sector
- 20 Self‐Management
- 21 Market Socialism
- 22 Price Reforms
- 23 Macro Tensions
- 24 Concluding Remarks
- References
- Bibliography on Postsocialist Transition
- Author Index
- Subject Index
