By Force of Thought: Irregular Memoirs of an Intellectual Journey
By Force of Thought: Irregular Memoirs of an Intellectual Journey
Janos Kornai | ISBN: 0262612240 | PDF | 485 pages | Oct 2008 | 2 MB
The intellectual autobiography of an economist influential in both command economies and free market economies that discusses his life, work, and the social and political environment during the Second World War, the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and its aftermath, and the post-socialist transition.
"A thoughtful account of an extraordinary life and a portrait of a certain kind of intellectual dissent too little written about from personal experience."
— Joshua Rubenstein, Wall Street Journal
"This autobiography, which Kornai calls an 'intellectual journey' is a compelling account of his life and work. It also traces an arc through profound and insurmountable problems that central planning had to confront; and through the difficult transition that Soviet bloc economies have had to contend with."
— Padma Desai, The Financial Times
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