Publisher's Synopsis
Between 1989 - 1992, the communism collapsed in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union was dissolved and the Cold War ended. On those events, Professor Fukuyama asserted: "What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but the end of history as such..." Truly, today, the neoliberalism rules triumphantly all over the world. Neoliberal solutions were applied even in China. Mao's egalitarianism was abandoned and the "socialist market economy" of Teng was adopted. "It does not matter whether they are black cats or white cats; so long as they catch mice, they are good cats" said Teng. We show that, the neoliberalism has given poor results for most people in the poor countries, and positive results only in the rich countries. Consequences of neoliberalism in the former "communist" countries were disappointing for the great majority of the populations, and very gratifying for a tiny strata of the freshly enriched people ('les nouveaux riches'). Our case study proves that, the most disastrous results were obtained in Romania. As a conclusion, we maintain that as long as the mankind will survive, there will be no end of history. Nothing is forever; not even the neoliberalism! Only change is eternal! In addition, we recommend certain alternative actions which could be beneficial not just for Romania, but for the other poor countries as well.
