Trade unions and politics
The National Union of Teachers organised a discussion forum for Hungarian political scientists to find out what political role trade unions should play in the new situation. Under the government os Socialists and Libetals, unions have not been exposed to political attacks as before but austerity measures imposed upon the society by multilateral financial organisations have posed questions that cannot easily be answered.
No. 24 | (Winter 1994)
This issue of Eszmélet mostly contains articles of economic theory and economic policy. The starting question is: is there any theory that can properly catch the essence of domestic and international transitions? Is bourgeois economic theory able to show solutions both in the East and West? An article on British football presents a model of economic developments in a specific area of life where market obviously should not enter or maybe only with restrictions. In futures issues, we will address questions of culture, natural environment and information economics from a similar angle.
Table of contents
- Szigeti Péter, Andor László, Mocsáry József, Lóránt Károly, Krausz Tamás : Can a socialist market economy exist?
- Vigvári András : Some features of the privatisation in Hungary
- Hugo Radice : The role of foreign capital in the transformation of Eastern Europe
- Capital and Class
- Paul Williamson, Dan Corry : A game without vision – Football crisis in Britain
- Karl-Heinz Roth : The return of the proletariat and the weakness of the left
- Trautmann László : The Hellenisation of economics
- Hoch Róbert : On the history of economic reform – Comments to Kornai’s article
- Krausz Tamás : Political economy against history
- call to the G7 on debt-relief
- Michael Knüfer : The GATT and the developing countries
- Aurelio Martinez, Etienne Largend : Indian revolt, new guerilla movement or revolution?
- Jean Martin : The second year of the French revolution
Social conflicts in the blind alley of peripherial capitalism
A simultaneous country study describes, how the relationship between economic development and social conflicts appeared as a crucial problem in Jamaica and the Dominican Republic in the last few decades. The authors explain what alternatives were faced by populist leaders in the 1970s, and what were the consequences of subsequent neo-liberal economic policies.
Hungary and the IMF
A double edge study, criticising, on the one hand, those considering the contracts between the IMF and Hungary a relationship free of politics and dependency, and, on the other hand, those who claim that the subordination of Hungary to external financial conditions represents some kind of conspiracy against the Hungarian nation. The author describes the evolution of the relationship between Hungary and the Fund, and reflects on the literature on external indebtedness.
Declaration
A document from the United Kingdom about the necessity and possibilities of developing the "really existing democracy".