Strong regional growth no reason for complacency Nov 19, 2009
He grew up in Bulgaria in communist days, in a command economy where free markets were the exception, not the rule. Young Ivailo was lucky in his timing: the Iron Curtain was being rolled back as he completed his schooling. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
The Soviet experience Nov 14, 2009
In the Soviet Union, Stalin's centrally planned command economy had followed Lenin's NEP of 1921-27 ... To overcome such structural obstacles and to combat general economic backwardness inherited from centuries of feudal czarist rule, Stalin introduced a command economy with central planning toward policy objectives and achievement targets as a strategy of national survival. (Asia Times Online)
Funeral in Berlin of freedom Nov 10, 2009
Instead, replace the command economy with the social market economy: let business create wealth, then bleed it off remorselessly into the coffers of the state. Marxism, as an economic theory, is dead. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Berlin's vibrant rebirth Nov 10, 2009
Back then, life in the East was bleak, gray and demoralizing because of ongoing political repression and their unresponsive Soviet-style command economy. Today, Berlin feels like the nuclear fuel rod of a great nation. (CNN -- International)
Turkoman autocracy lives on while market reforms bite Nov 8, 2009
But while Niyazov presided as a kind of benign despot over a "golden age" paid for by gas revenues, Berdymukhamedov has chosen to use his near-absolute power to try to reform the ex-Soviet state's communist-style command economy. Official propaganda proclaims Berdymukhamedov's rule as an "era of great revival" and touts the new leader as the single architect of a new historical era's "great reforms". (Business Report, South Africa)
Blaming Bush At Every Turn Is Getting Old Oct 31, 2009
Aside from the intrinsic failure of the Soviet collectivist command economy model, most crises that Khrushchev had to deal with were caused by disastrous policy decisions made by Stalin. With the exception of the extension of daylight saving time and opposition to the Kyoto treaty, virtually every other domestic and foreign policy choice made by the Bush Administration was a blunder. (Investors Business Daily)
The Anti-Capitalist Impulse on the Right Oct 24, 2009
But I tend to think that a free economy is more moral (or at least less immoral) at its foundation than a command economy. Free markets -- and free speech -- are generally preferable not because everything trafficked is good or noble or salutary, but because they're free. (Townhall.com)
Ackerman takes a bow Oct 23, 2009
Few of us paused to reflect on the daunting task of reconstruction that awaited a country that had been torn apart and brutalised by decades of apartheid, deprivation, ethnic prejudice and a command economy. It is only when one reflects on where we were in the darkest days of the last century, and on the poverty, lack of opportunity and political and economic paralysis that characterised our society, that we are able to appreciate the overwhelming magnitude of the difficulties that have faced us... (iAfrica.com)
Liberal trends disturbing Oct 18, 2009
"Guess that includes me. Ok, let's discuss your points there.Health care. One, it isn't about liberal vs. conservative, socialist vs. freedom loving America. It's about solving a problem, that health care costs are making our country less competitive and shrinking the wealth of all citizens. Stop seeing this as liberals out to get you and more as here is a problem that needs solving. Secondly, there are more choices than socialism vs. status quo. Germany, for example, also leans on private... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Men and Ideas: Mukesh's Sacrifice Oct 17, 2009
The trouble with judging other people's lifestyle is that soon you are tempted to control other things, and this is a short step to the command economy. Not to live ostentatiously is a call of dharma, not a legal duty. (India Times, India)
Africa: The Food Benefits of a Command Economy Oct 16, 2009
com: Africa: The Food Benefits of a Command Economy (Page 1 of 1). The Food Benefits of a Command Economy. (allAfrica.com)
'Hotel of Doom' Oct 15, 2009
Page last updated at 00:34 GMT, Thursday, 15 October 2009 01:34 UK. The unfinished building is a reminder of North Korea's thwarted ambition (Pic courtesy Ray Cunningham Jr). (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Prevailing joy? Oct 7, 2009
On the face of it, given North Korea's broken command economy and the added burden of international sanctions, the country's capital looks in pretty good shape. The Ryugyong Hotel, an unfinished 105-storey hulk that has long loomed large on the Pyongyang skyline as a symbol of failure, is finally beginning to resemble its original conception. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Climate Action Vowed Sep 24, 2009
By comparison, Hu runs a command economy and was unencumbered by political opposition. He outlined an ambitious program that included plans to plant enough forest to cover about 150,000 square miles an area the size of Montana and generate 15 percent of its energy needs from renewable sources within a decade. (Fox News)
Young America's Foundation: First lady's community service is agenda-driven Sep 21, 2009
Our organization takes issue specifically with Senior Vice President for Student and Academic Support Services Robert Chernak's mandate that "all students will have their community service hours counted," ignoring students' freedom to choose and implying that GW is some sort of command economy where the administration can bend service to its will. This statement makes the argument against false volunteering for us - if the University is not using the faade of service to achieve a political... (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
Calls for executive salary cap Sep 20, 2009
"We don't live in a command economy, nor does Australia and the current government wish us to be one," he told Network Ten. Mr Albanese pointed to the government's draft laws, and acknowledged it was a heated issue. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
* Ikea takes on Russian culture of corruption Sep 13, 2009
Russia, in contrast, has a lingering deficit of durable consumer goods, a hangover from the Soviet command economy. As a result, Russia now accounts for 5 percent of Ikeas business worldwide. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Country profile: North Korea Jul 30, 2009
Politics: Supreme leader Kim Jong-il heads a secretive, communist regime which tolerates no dissent Economy: North Korea's command economy is dilapidated, hit by natural disasters, poor planning and a failure to modernise International: The armstice of 1953 ended armed conflict on the Korean peninsular, but the two Koreas are technically still at war; tensions have been exacerbated in recent decades by North Korea's nuclear ambitions. Aid agencies have estimated that up to two million people... (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Blair On Iran: Change Is "Fundamental" Jul 29, 2009
New Labour has a tendency to the Left, which Americans are unaware of, and seem not to know that the "command economy" style apparent in the old Soviet Union died with it. Blair is a child of the left, and an opportunist. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Will China's Bubble Burst? Jul 27, 2009
It is a communist command economy, after all. Lucent is now a $2 stock. (Slate)
Obama Revisionism Jul 17, 2009
National healthcare, a command economy, central banking, unlimited executive authority and government owned businesses have bankrupt and crippled countless countries. Obama wants Americans to believe that big government and government action are reasonable and prudent steps to take in order to stave off financial collapse. (Townhall.com)
Mumbai revisited Jul 12, 2009
Pre-boom India was still locked into its Soviet-style command economy. Paid local rates, I lived in a succession of seedy rooms in downtown Bombay. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Starting a new life Jul 10, 2009
Compared to the old North Korean certainties of a command economy and family networks, capitalism can be very lonely. Minding the gap. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Missing the point on Myanmar Jul 4, 2009
"In that period from 1962 to 1988, the country was almost entirely closed off and they practiced Burmese socialism - a command economy with barely any investment or trade. In the early 90s, a new generation of generals rose to the top. They saw China and Vietnam and put forward new laws for foreign trade and tourism - they said they wanted a million tourists [a year]. They wanted to be a right-wing, pro-West military government - like Indonesia was at the time and South Korea and Thailand had... (Asia Times Online)
In ‘The Last Supper,’ author sweeps her family off to adventure in Italy Jun 28, 2009
It is a hopeful message, given a gripping, if morally compromised, dramatization in the command economy of Lasser s novel. MY JUDY GARLAND LIFE By Susie Boyt Bloomsbury, 320 pp. (Boston Globe)
What Is American in 2009? Jun 18, 2009
Moreover, the nation s free market -- described by Europeans pejoratively as Anglo-Saxon capitalism -- has now been replaced by the command economy, with Washington largely in control of the means of production. Eighty percent of American International Group is now owned by the Federal Government; 30 % of Citicorp is in the same position; federal authorities imposed a merger on the Chrysler Corporation; and, if President Obama has his way, health care, representing 17 % of the economy, will be... (Human Events Online)
Texas AG objects to GM dealer terms Jun 16, 2009
Its plan will move the business toward a command economy model and away from a free market model. About 415 franchised GM auto dealers operate in Texas and employ nearly 27,000 workers, according to the. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Britain’s Socialists Nothing to Admire Jun 1, 2009
In 1948, when the British were used to queuing and rationing, and the Wartime command economy still made a kind of sense, the NHS summed up the mood of the nation and offered the fulfillment of its aspirations. Yet it was always a child of ideology. (Human Events Online)
Belt up for a wild ride in command economics May 18, 2009
The same command economy techniques are deployed to deal with the myriad problems that result. The architect of China's 1980s economic reforms, Zhao Ziyang, shows in his memoirs that it did not have to be this way. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Is Iowa at the Cusp of 'Change'? May 4, 2009
Iowans believe America is sliding into a command economy that imperils freedom. Despite the claims by hard-core leftists like Janine Garafalo that these cross-country tea parties are nothing more than discontent with the president s race, I couldn t find a scintilla of evidence to support this claim. (Human Events Online)
• Can Cuba cope with an onslaught of Americans? Apr 13, 2009
But Elliot Feldman, head of the international trade practice at Baker Hostetler LLP in Washington, said Cuba's command economy may cap prices and supply to create buzz. "They'd rather just have everything fully booked and make people wait a year or two to get a room than raise prices and hurt interest," said Feldman, who has traveled to Cuba and litigates international trade disputes. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Newsweek: Why China's Olympic buildings are empty Apr 2, 2009
is a command economy run by engineers, a fact that served the nation well during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Leaders cleaned up pollution in the city prior to the event by shutting down factories and ordering more than half of 's vehicles off the road. (MSNBC -- Sports)
'Mono-town' dying Apr 1, 2009
Built 50 years ago in the remote, forested plains east of Russia's second largest city, St Petersburg, it stands as a monument to the fundamental flaws of the Soviet Union's command economy. Its population of 21,000 people lives or dies by the complex of aluminium, cement and potash factories which are the town's only raison d'etre. (BBC News -- Europe)
No holiday for China'srenegade regions Apr 1, 2009
In its drive to turn its formerly socialist command economy into a market-oriented one, over the past three decades of reform and opening up Beijing has had to let the regions have a bigger say on their local economic affairs. As a result, regionalism has grown. (Asia Times Online)
Cuba Boosts Retirement Age As Population Goes Gray Mar 28, 2009
But privatization isn't an option in Cuba's command economy, where there are no 401Ks or pooled pension funds invested to draw earnings, and most forms of free-market enterprise are illegal. Instead, a 1994 tax law requires Cuban state firms to contribute 14 percent of each worker's salary to a national social security pot. (CBS News -- World)
COMMENT: Well past the expiry date Mar 25, 2009
The economic downturn may have brought market bashers and control Raj warriors to the fore, yet a return to the command economy such as the CPM manifesto advocates would only mire the country deeper in an economic rut. Free markets can be pro-poor, if backed by adequate social safety measures. (India Times, India)
Foreign service officer’s lecture gives students supplemental tools to apply policy training Mar 20, 2009
First and foremost, its weak economy could destabilize the country if it is not improved a delicate challenge for a formerly central command economy reliant on oil revenues. Other concerns include remnant regional border disputes from the first Gulf War, declining oil revenues and output, and the status of more than four million displaced Iraqis. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
No party is immune to a disgruntled electorate Mar 16, 2009
Instead of being vastly relieved that the former proponents of a command economy and the nationalisation of major industries had chosen to follow the free market route - and had even put privatisation high on its agenda - the DA stamped its foot in rage. Deprived of a central plank of its attack on government, it resorted to querulous knee-jerk criticisms of any and every action of government, regardless of the merits of the case. (Business Report, South Africa)
Stocks fall back in Europe and Asia Mar 9, 2009
"The idea that this command economy will somehow come riding to the rescue, well, I think not," Mr. Davies said. "Sadly it won't be nearly sufficient to pull the world out of recession.". (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
LETTER: Republicans had chance to accept compromises Mar 3, 2009
3) Institute a command economy where party faithfuls get to re-distribute resources to their party followers rather than due to market supply and demand forces. did that. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Humans can hijack any theory of economics Mar 2, 2009
There is a simple explanation for the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics command economy in 1989 and the present disintegration of the market economy: it's people. Whatever the economic theory, humans can hijack it. (Business Report, South Africa)
Newsweek: Putin faces unrest in Russia's rust belt Feb 20, 2009
They're relics of the old Soviet-era command economy, dating back to Stalin's efforts to create an industrialized nation overnight. They are especially vulnerable in this frightening global downturn. (MSNBC -- International)
Kazakhstan paysfor devaluation Feb 18, 2009
"Holding prices down is possible only in a command economy. In a market economy, it's an impossible task," said political analyst Asylbek Kojahmetov. In a statement on February 9, three opposition parties said, "Hopes have not materialized that government agencies can prevent increases in price for consumer goods, above all foodstuffs, and also provide social assistance to those who need it.". (Asia Times Online)
Why Canberra must not meddle in the Rio-Chinalco deal Feb 16, 2009
Chinese state-owned enterprises are steadily evolving away from their command economy roots and opening to the market. Paradoxically, the best way for a state-owned company to outperform its rivals is by pursuing profit, even if it means circumventing political wishes of the day. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Zimbabwe: Economic Revival Plans Criticised Feb 13, 2009
Chinamasa said the budget sought to liberalise many facets of Zimbabwe s battered economy, which has been under a command economy for nearly ten years now. But Fambai Ngirande, spokesman for the National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations, said the liberalisation of the economy at this time did not augur well for the poor. (allAfrica.com)
Study: Cuba's Workers Come Late, Leave Early Feb 12, 2009
Cuba's command economy allows private enterprise only by special license, meaning nearly everyone works for the state _ here monthly salaries average 414 pesos _ a little less than $20 _ though the communist system provides free health care, education through college and food rations. Raul Castro, who succeeded his brother Fidel nearly a year ago, has warned that such a high level of government subsidies are unsustainable unless productivity increases. (Newsmax)
Currency policy weakens China's economy Feb 10, 2009
China 's shift from a command economy reflects some of the essential elements of Mercantilism. But Beijing replaced the notion of measuring wealth in terms of gold stocks with a dollar fetish fed by a misguided obsession with export-led growth. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Chinas stimulus strength Feb 9, 2009
One of the factors for this decoupling in performance is the growing confidence in China that its governments massive stimulus programme will be speedily implemented, with the full support of its banks under its command economy. On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, President Barack Obamas stimulus package is still in its legislative process while the big banks are still dysfunctional and need to be propped up with enormous amounts of government aid. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
