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Considers differences between a distinguished American specialist and two eminent Soviet economists participating in the first joint 'Soviet Economy' roundtable. Discusses obsolescence in Soviet consumer goods industries, technology transfers to China, a former emphasis on new construction at the expense of existing capacity, and contradictory aspects and tangible advances in Soviet technology during postwar reconstruction. Includes Abalkin's comment on technological progress in the context of economic history from the 1920s through the postwar period and perestroyka. (Abstract amended)

Addresses before the Pacific southwest academy, Los Angeles, Apr. 11, 1942. Contents: The changing pattern of southern California's economy, by A. G. Coons; Postwar public finance in southern California, by M. M. Stockwell; Public agencies in the postwar period, by G. G. Lentz; Public utility adjustment to postwar conditions, by H. M. Langlois; The public works program in postwar southern California, by R. B. Pettengill; The postwar labor market in southern California, by Morrison Handsaker; The aircraft industry after the war, by Albert Earl and B. S. Trynin; Prospects for new industries in southern California, by V. O. Watts; How organized labor views the problems of transition, by E. E. Ward; The role of management in postwar transition, by Paul Shoup.

Abstract: In countries emerging from war, the immediate post-war period rarely lives up to the hopes and expectations of the country's citizens or the international community. An upsurge in corruption and a lack of accountability, which frequently become entrenched during this time, can erode trust in democracy and its institutions, thereby eating away at the legitimacy of the postwar state. The authors argue that an anticorruption approach that builds on local resources and competencies in distinctive ways and that emphasizes local accountability such as citizen-based monitoring is more likely to succeed in stemming corruption as well as increase participation and trust in the reconstruction process.