Abstract

Contents: Introduction Part I: The Spread of Western Economic Ideas in Eastern Europe: An Overview 1. Economic Ideas: Demarcations and Schools of Thought 2. Western Economic Ideas and the Fragile Hegemony of Marxism: The Pre-1989 Setting 3. The Remarkable Path to Primacy of Western Economic Ideas: Change and Institutionalization after 1989 Part II: Frameworks for Analyzing and Understanding the Spread of Economic Ideas 4. Frameworks for Analysis and Interpretation: Diffusion, Marketplace of Ideas and Growth of Knowledge 5. Frameworks for Analysis and Interpretation: From Personal Commitment to Functional Rationality Part III: Facets, Themes and Cases: Diversity and Change in the Neoliberal Revolution of Ideas 6. A Test of Market Fundamentalism: Austrian Economics 7. Western Economics and Local Responses: A Closer Look 8. The Flat Tax in Eastern Europe: A Comparative Perspective 9. Neoclassical Economics, New Institutionalism and the Eastern European Economic Reform Experience Conclusions Bibliography Index

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