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The Concept of the Ownership in the Late 'Socialist' Political Economy
The Concept of the Ownership in the Late 'Socialist' Political Economy

Author(s): Plamen D. Tchipev
Subject(s): Economy, National Economy
Published by: Институт за икономически изследвания при Българска академия на науките
Keywords: socialist political economy; socialist economics; comparative economic systems; property rights theory; all-people socialist ownership; khozraschet

Summary/Abstract: This paper investigates the collision between the unquestionable requirement to preserve and maintain the solitary existence of the all-people socialist ownership and the need to provide a certain, though limited, independence for the enterprises. The seemingly simple practical issue, eventually appeared as a complex contradictory knot of both theoretical and practical problems, which implicated a lot of attempts for their overcoming in the different socialist countries, continuing up to the end of 1980s, i.e. to the last days before the system break-down. The paper here focuses on the experience in Soviet Union and, particularly, in Bulgaria.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 105-114
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English