The emergence of macroeconomics created the ground for governments. The function of such advisors, however, is much more complex than simply increasing the level of expertise in public policies.
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No. 39 | (Autumn 1998)
The independence of the intelligentsia, the unbiasedness of experts and the neutrality of advisors are common assumptions used in everyday discourses but comprehensive research finds facts seldom supporting them. Articles in this issue of Eszmélet cast light on the fact that intellectual work is embedded in the society and politics. Science that though to be rational has an obvious failure: the proper handling of the relationship between society and nature, recognising the size of damage that present societies cause to the ecosystem and thus how unsustainable these societies are. Summarising the problems also gives a guideline for progressive environment policy actions.
Table of contents
- James Petras : A Marxist critique of Post-Marxist intellectuals
- Kapitány Ágnes, Kapitány Gábor : The guild
- Krausz Tamás : From expertise to the lack of experience
- Andor László : The Aczel-syndrome
- Frici Milton : Economic advisors
- Márkus Péter : The World Bank and Hungary
- Új Európai Baloldali Fórum : Proposal for green taxes
- Heltai László : GDP and te lack of eco-logic
- Christoph Spehr : The eco-trap and the abolition of the North
- Heltai László : Alternative economic indicators
- Gille Zsuzsa : Discipline and recycling
- James O’Connor, Victor Wallis : Ecological socialism and human needs
The World Bank and Hungary
A newnon-governmental organisation, with assistance from Development GAP Washington, D.C., has published some documents formerly kept secret by the Hungarian Ministry of Finance and the National Bank of hungary. These documents throw a new light on the origins of transition policies in Hungary.
Proposal for green taxes
A new initiative to introduce ecological taxes adopdet by a European conference held in Athens in 1997 November. The document explains the arguments too.
GDP and te lack of eco-logic
The Sytem of National Accountas used by the UN to mesure the annual income of countries hardly takes into account any environmental factors and particularly the degradation of human and environmental capital the reuslt of the operation of capitalist markets.