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Planning and the Market Mechanism

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The Economics of Planning

Part of the book series: Macmillan Studies in Economics

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Any economic analysis of national economic planning necessarily involves a discussion of the relative merits of, and relationship between, the market and planning. This chapter outlines the main arguments that have taken place in the literature on the issues. It concludes with a suggested framework within which different planning systems can be discussed.

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© 1977 R. Kerry Turner and Clive Collis

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Turner, R.K., Collis, C. (1977). Planning and the Market Mechanism. In: The Economics of Planning. Macmillan Studies in Economics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15768-6_1

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