From Belgrade to Beijing :  Comparing Socialist Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe and China

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This study offers a comparative analysis of economic reforms in Eastern Europe and China. Some CMEA countries—especially Yugoslavia and Hungary—undertook reforms in the 1960s, while China launched its reform and opening-up in 1978. In light of the lessons learned—concerning planning, markets, ownership of means of production and liberation of productive forces, and the interaction of relations and forces of production during socialist construction—it is possible to provide a systematic comparison. After providing background to the reforms, the comparison has four steps: (1) de-linking a market economy from a capitalist system, and the concomitant de-linking of a planned economy from a socialist system; (2) whether a market economy is a neutral instrument usable in any system, or whether it is a component shaped by the system of which it is a part; (3) planning and markets within a socialist system; (4) the relationship between ownership of the means of production (and control over the forces of production) and liberation of productive forces in the process of socialist construction. The fourth topic leads to the more foundational question of the dialectical interactions between relations and forces of production, since on this matter the economic definition of socialism turns.

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[2] L. Balcerowicz 1989. “On the ‘Socialist Market Economy.’” Acta Oeconomica 40 (3–4): 184–189.

[3] E. Barone (1908) 1935. “The Ministry of Production in the Collectivist State.” In Collectivist Economic Planning: Critical Studies on the Possibilities of Socialism, edited by F. von Hayek, 245–290. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

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[5] J. Bockman 2011. Markets in the Name of Socialism: The Left-Wing Origins of Neoliberalism. Redwood City, CA: Stanford University Press.

[6] R. Boer 2015. The Sacred Economy of Ancient Israel. Louisville: Westminster John Knox.

[7] R. Boer 2017. Stalin: From Theology to the Philosophy of Socialism in Power. Beijing: Springer.

[8] R. Boer 2021a. “Socialism and the Market: Returning to the East European Debate.” New Political Economy: 1–16. doi: [Cross Ref].

[9] R. Boer 2021b. Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Guide for Foreigners. Singapore: Springer.

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[14] W. Brus 1992. “The Compatibility of Planning and Market Reconsidered.” In Market Socialism or the Restoration of Capitalism?, edited by A. Åslund, 7–16. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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[20] E. Cheng, and L. Cao. 2009. “How to Establish an Accounting System for the Gross Domestic Welfare Product.” [In Chinese.] Economic Review, no. 3: 1–8.

[21] E. Cheng, and Z. Liu. 2018. “An Analysis of the Economic Development of the Soviet Union and the Reasons for Its Disintegration.” [In Chinese.] Journal of Theoretical and Political Education, no. 1: 67–71.

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