NEM

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NEM refers to Hungary’s New Economic Mechanism, a major 1968 reform program that introduced market-oriented elements into the country’s socialist planned economy.

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instanceOf New Economic Mechanism ⓘ
economic reform program ⓘ
aimedTo decentralize economic decision-making ⓘ
improve living standards ⓘ
increase economic efficiency ⓘ
introduce market-oriented elements into a planned economy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Új Gazdasági Mechanizmus ⓘ
characterizedBy combination of planning and market mechanisms ⓘ
greater role for enterprise self-management ⓘ
use of prices and profits as signals ⓘ
country Hungary ⓘ
criticizedFor creating regional and sectoral imbalances ⓘ
increasing income differentials ⓘ
economicModel reform socialism ⓘ
economicSystemContext state socialism ⓘ
field comparative economic systems ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
followedBy further Hungarian economic reforms in the 1980s ⓘ
partial recentralization in the 1970s ⓘ
fullNameInEnglish New Economic Mechanism ⓘ
implementedBy Hungarian Socialist Workers Party leadership ⓘ
implementedInCountry Hungary ⓘ
implementedUnderLeader János Kádár ⓘ
inspiredBy Yugoslav economic reforms ⓘ
market socialism ideas ⓘ
introducedInYear 1968 ⓘ
introducedMechanism enterprise autonomy ⓘ
greater price flexibility ⓘ
limited role for market forces ⓘ
profit-based incentives for enterprises ⓘ
reform of investment allocation ⓘ
reform of price-setting system ⓘ
reform of wage system ⓘ
languageOfAcronym Hungarian ⓘ
limitedBy continued dominance of central planning ⓘ
political constraints of one-party rule ⓘ
partOf Hungarian economic history ⓘ
reform efforts in the Eastern Bloc ⓘ
policyType economic liberalization within socialism ⓘ
market-oriented reform ⓘ
politicalSystemContext socialist planned economy ⓘ
precededBy highly centralized planning system in Hungary ⓘ
region Eastern Bloc ⓘ
resultedIn greater integration of Hungary into world markets ⓘ
higher consumer choice compared to earlier period ⓘ
improved availability of consumer goods ⓘ
startDate 1968-01-01 ⓘ
timePeriod 1970s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ

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