Don Lavoies graduate lectures on comparative economic systems.pdf

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1、DONLAVOIE'SGRADUATELECTURESONCOMPARATIVEECONOMICSYSTEMS:GEORGEMASONUNIVERSITY,FALL1985NotestakenandeditedbyDavidL.PrychitkoPREFACEPeterBoettkeandIhadtakenDonLavoie'sgraduateComparativeEconomicSystemscourseduringtheFallof1985.LavoiehadjustpublishedRivalryandCentralPla

2、nning(Lavoie,1985b)andNationalEconomicPlanning:Whatisleft?(Lavoie,1985a),andwasatthecuspofestablishinghimselfasamajorplayerinthe1comparativesystemsandcontemporarycritiqueofsocialistplanningliterature.Thecoursemetonceaweek,onTuesdayeveningsforthreeandahalfhours.Lavoie

3、wouldlecturefromahandfulof3x5indexcardseacheveningfortwoandahalfstraighthours.Theremaininghalfhourorsowasreservedforstudentcommentsanddiscussion.Eacheveningwasnothingshortofaninspiringperformance.Itseemedtousthat,hadthecoursemetfor5heachevening,Lavoiecouldhavecontinu

4、edonwithhisperformance(andprobablywouldstillonlyleavetheclasswithahalfhourofdiscussion).Hewasindefatigable.AResearchAnnualResearchintheHistoryofEconomicThoughtandMethodology,Volume27-A,137-204Copyright©2009byEmeraldGroupPublishingLimitedAllrightsofreproductioninanyfo

5、rmreservedISSN:0743-4154/doi:10.1108/S0743-4154(2009)00027A009137138DAVIDL.PRYCHITKOAsastudentIcameawayfromeachlecturebothaweinspiredandexhausted:aweinspiredbecauseofhisremarkablecommandoftheliterature,fromMarxiandialecticstoSoviethistorytothedetailsofthesocialistcal

6、culationdebate,andhisrefreshinglyradicalinterpretationandopennesstoviewpointsofwhichhepersonallyandprofessionallydisagreed;exhaustedbecauseofthesheeramountanddepthofthematerial(muchofitentirelynewtome,suchasMarxistphilosophy)andthenonstopnatureofhislecturestyle.(Some

7、howBoettkealwaysseemedreinvigoratedaftereachlecture.)Eachlecturewouldgiveusanotherweek'sworthofnewideasforfurtherdiscussion,amongourselvesandwithLavoiehimself.ThatsemesterIsetformyselfthetaskoftakingasdetailedasetofnotesthatIcouldpossiblymustereachevening.Theseareasf

8、ollows.IhavemademinorstylisticchangeshereandthereandIprovideheadingsthatarenotfoundinhiscoursesyllabustoimprovetheflowandstructureo