Im Soo-ho: Coexistence of planning and the market

After the collapse of the socialist rights, North Korean experts were asked: “Why doesn't North Korea collapse? “The world is in trouble,” the question has been raised steadily. The author claims that the ‘marketing ’ plays a significant role in maintaining North Korea's system. The proliferation of markets is a threat to the country's own system, but it is said to be the last source of support for North Korean economies at the same time that is on the verge of collapse. The book traces the double economic features in various fields of North Korean economy since the 1990s, presenting a dynamic that is co-existing and interactive with plan and market, and gives a sense of possible change in the North Korean economic system. Based on the fact that the economic reality is evident, we are looking forward to what the future of North Korea's economy will look like: whether it's a return to classical systems or a return into market economies, whether it will be a gradual move, or a radical one.

Korean title: 계획과 시장의 공존

Korean author: 임수호

Korean publisher: 삼성경제연구소

ISBN-13: 9788976333780