An important area of social policy is child protection. Discussing the history of the problem, the author primarily puts on the scale the pros and cons of fostering in institution and in family. She confronts the concepts of child protection of the past few decades with the requirement of being "modern.

Four major tendencies are introduced concerning the causes of the Balkan war, and the judgment about the participants of the conflict. All these approaches have their weaknesses, although all they are able to grasp some important elements of reality. Rethinking of the situation on the Balkans requires not simply an assessment of the former Yugoslav republics, but also a general overview of the role of international institutions, and the so-called New World Orde.

The famous economist, member of the Academy of Sciences, and a well-known left-wing politician, died last year, leaving behind his comments on Janos Kornai's assessment of the economic reforms of the 1960s. He was an active participant of the reform process for three decades, and in this article he calls the new generations for a thorough study of the period and practice of reforms in Hungary.

A review of The Socialist System, a comprehensive work by the well-known Harvard economist Janos Kornai. The reviewer compares Kornai's theses to the findings of leading international historians, and draws some grave, but not entirely unexpected consequences.

Conventional debt management has only deepened the economic and social misery of many countries in the Third World. The so-called treatment offered by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank cannot be a solution to the problem. A breakthrough towards development is possible only with a substantial debt relief, i.e. a partial or full cancellation of foreign debts.