Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2017, 25(1):79-88 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.570
Half-Forgotten Personalities of Economic Thought - O. R. Lange
- 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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