This book presents a plan for converting the failing economy of the Soviet Union or its constituent republics to a functioning market economy. Its authors Wil Albeda, Petr O. Aven, Richard N. Cooper, Alfred E. Kahn, William D. Nordhaus, Merton J. Peck, Thomas J. Richardson, and Kimio Uno - describe the essential logic of the institutions of a market economy and show how these institutions are dependent on one another. They argue persuasively for their...