Highway and Byways: Studies on Reform and Postcommunist Transition (Revised)

Hungarian economist Já nos Kornai first used the metaphor of a single path to postsocialist transition in his earlier book, "The Road to a Free Economy." The new metaphor that frames this collection of recent studies reflects a broader perspective and understanding of the complexities of transition: every highway and byway leads eventually to capitalism, Kornai observes, but to what kind, how fast, and at what cost? Who wins and who loses?