The economic history of the Czech Republic

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[The re-integration of the East European economies into a globalised capitalist one]
By Peter Waterman, Labor-L@yorklu.ca, 14 December 2000. A classical case of the re-integration of the East European economies into a globalised capitalist one, at the expense of the steelworkers at both ends. I have only one quibble with Perlo's analysis: his characterisation of this industry, and the Czechoslovakian economy as ‘socialist’.
Skoda board approves pay raise
By Zuzana Kawaciukova, The Prague Post, 19 February 2003. Company management claims that its main priority is to calm the contentious atmosphere of the negotiations, which are affected by threats from the unions to hold further strikes following walkouts of voluntary night shifts from the beginning of the year.
Czech Republic Hit With Massive Compensation Bill in Investment Treaty Dispute
By Luke Eric Peterson, Investment Law and Policy Weekly News Bulletin, 21 March 2003. A Stockholm-based arbitral Tribunal awarded record damages, of some 350 million US Dollars, to Central European Media (CME) in its investment treaty dispute with the Czech Republic.