The road from serfdom : the economic and political consequences of the end of communism
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The road from serfdom : the economic and political consequences of the end of communism
（Penguin books, . History,
Penguin, 1997
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"First published in Great Britain under the title "The World after communism""--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-205) and index
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The fall of communism at the end of the 1980s was hailed as a triumph for Western capitalism, but initial euphoria soon turned to pessimism as the West failed to react adequately to the momentous changes that were taking place in the new world order. In The Road from Serfdom, Robert Skidelsky offers a provocative interpretation of the forces precipitating communism's collapse, and a trenchant vision for the future. Drawing parallels between present conditions and the post-World War I flux that led John Maynard Keynes to formulate his seminal The Economic Consequences of the Peace, Skidelsky links the collapse of communism - and its turbulent legacy - to the global failure of this century's most misguided concept: collectivism. In this intellectually bold and realistic book, Skidelsky urges the liberal West to reassert its leadership by developing a constitution of liberty aimed at entrenching the post-communist world order.
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