Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2017, 25(1):79-88 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.570

Half-Forgotten Personalities of Economic Thought - O. R. Lange

Pavel Sirůček
Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, Fakulta podnikohospodářská (sirucek@vse.cz).

O. R. Lange, a Polish economist, statistician, econometrician, sociologist, politician and diplomat was classified as a reformist Marxist. He became famous for studies on planning and socialist economies. Lange demonstrates and proves the possibility of the existence of an effective socialist system. He also analyzed capitalist economy, e.g., the issue of cyclical fluctuations and unemployment.

Keywords: O. R. Lange, possibilities of socialism, theory of socialism, planning theory
JEL classification: B40, B51, C10, P21, P26

Published: February 1, 2017  Show citation

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Sirůček, P. (2017). Half-Forgotten Personalities of Economic Thought - O. R. Lange. Acta Oeconomica Pragensia25(1), 79-88. doi: 10.18267/j.aop.570
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