László Andor-Péter Farkas (eds.): From Tax Heavens to Green Movements. Critical Lexicon on the Global Economy and Globalization. [Az adóparadicsomtól a zöldmozgalomig. Kritikai szócikkek a világgazdaságról és a globalizacióról] Napvilág, Budapest 2008.
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China’s Hunger for Oil
China has opted – also officially – for building socialism the capitalist way. This decision is in line with the government plan to industrialise the country by opening it up to the world market. Thus, China's energy security activities can largely be explained in terms of the Chinese government's long-standing fear of foreign energy dependency, particularly China's reliance on energy resources controlled by the United States.
Kondratieff Cycles in the Oil Production of Russia and the Soviet Union
What were the decisive factors in the world economy that changed in the '80s, which had earlier supported the Soviet system but later contributed to its collapse? According to the author, the Russian oil industry had a large role in disintegrating the Soviet Union, thus showing how the long-term Kondratieff cycle affected the available development alternatives.
The Temptation of Anarchism
Anarchy means the lack of power or the absence of power, which results in non-traditional consequences for society and personal lives, if we want to go beyond our mental patterns fixed to the use of the term.
Against the Current – Overview on the Intellectual Magazines of Poland
Are there followers of Kuroii, Modzelewski, Kotakowski, Baumann or Brus in the present capitalist society? Or were all alternative traditions smashed by the global market economy and, its companion, postmodern thought?