{"product_id":"comparing-socialist-approaches-carmelo-mesa-lago-9780822948476","title":"Comparing Socialist Approaches: Economics and Social Security in Cuba, China, and Vietnam","description":"Carmelo Mesa-Lago looks at the two main socialist models across these three countries to compare central planning and socialist markets. Under the Cuban central plan, large state enterprises have been unable to generate economic growth, even with mild structural market reforms and a small controlled private sector. In the Sino-Vietnamese model of a socialist marketplace, dynamic private enterprises of all sizes, together with large state enterprises, operate under a decentralized plan with state regulation and control. This has allowed for accelerated growth and social improvement. The two models are contrasted on five major economic policies: ownership of the means of production, agrarian reform, industrialization processes, employment, and currency and exchange rate unification. Mesa-Lago argues that the socialist market model has a better performance than the central plan across economic and social indicators. He then recommends policies to improve social protection in the three countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carmelo Mesa-Lago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822948478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822948476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Carmelo Mesa-Lago","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46451004113151,"sku":"9780822948476","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca5cade8-c303-4e8e-a5ae-09992c8a5a96.jpg?v=1735876157","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/comparing-socialist-approaches-carmelo-mesa-lago-9780822948476","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}