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The Desirable Scope and Scale of Grants in Kind in Socialist Countries: as illustrated by the case of Hungary

In: The Grants Economy and Collective Consumption

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  • Robert Hoch

    (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

One of the central issues of economic and social policy in socialist countries is what should be the rate of growth and the distribution of the increase of social grants. Such a rate of growth and change of distribution is sought in the expansion of the grants economy as will best contribute to the development of the nation, and within it to that of the economy. Among other things, it facilitates the rapid growth of the economy; it reduces social tensions; it accelerates the creation of healthy and improved living conditions for the population. The objectives themselves are varied and multidimensional and may even be mutually inconsistent. Various quantitative and qualitative factors and their interrelations must be analysed in the course of deciding the increases of grants in kind which will achieve the intended purposes most satisfactorily. Important tools in this analysis include mathematical modelling and mathematical programming. But these are no substitute for economic analysis. In this paper I propose to discuss the problems of planning-choices and decision-making in this field.

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  • Robert Hoch, 1982. "The Desirable Scope and Scale of Grants in Kind in Socialist Countries: as illustrated by the case of Hungary," International Economic Association Series, in: R. C. O. Matthews & G. B. Stafford (ed.), The Grants Economy and Collective Consumption, chapter 6, pages 108-131, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-05377-3_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-05377-3_6
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