We must have the time to create strict rules so that property is not sold by Communist managers for a low price. They often get payments under the table to sell to the first bidder. This does not build public…

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I also helped write the five-page statement of principles that Civic Forum issued in late...

I also helped write the five-page statement of principles that Civic Forum issued in late...

People like me who were engaging in brinkmanship with the party economic bosses and the...

People like me who were engaging in brinkmanship with the party economic bosses and the...

Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which...

Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which...

The events in the square, of course, made a deep impression on me and many...

The events in the square, of course, made a deep impression on me and many...

Then in 1969, I spent the spring term at Cornell University in New York. The...

Then in 1969, I spent the spring term at Cornell University in New York. The...

That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies...

That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies...

What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to...

What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to...

To talk about planning an economic system is to talk in old terms, and I...

To talk about planning an economic system is to talk in old terms, and I...

I was paid to read Western economic texts. In a way, the regime paid for...

I was paid to read Western economic texts. In a way, the regime paid for...

It is what makes the reform process an art, not just a science. You have...

It is what makes the reform process an art, not just a science. You have...

We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and...

We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and...

I never intended to be a politician or office-seeker.

I never intended to be a politician or office-seeker.

By the time I returned to Czechoslovakia, I had an understanding of the principles of...

By the time I returned to Czechoslovakia, I had an understanding of the principles of...

We will also allow state companies to sell shares to their workers and will pass...

We will also allow state companies to sell shares to their workers and will pass...

Privatization of the state-owned economy is not yet on the agenda. We cannot do it...

Privatization of the state-owned economy is not yet on the agenda. We cannot do it...

To pursue a so-called Third Way is foolish. We had our experience with this in...

To pursue a so-called Third Way is foolish. We had our experience with this in...