Intellectuals view themselves as the vanguard of modernisation, while their actual behaviour bears a number of feudalistic marks. Since an essential ingredient of the existence of intelligentsia is to develop the society in an intellectual sense, this layer cannot reach any form of "class power" under conditions of capitalism.

On French author Viviane Forrester's book L'horreur Economique ( The Economic Horror) and on Erzsebet Szalai': Az elitek metamorfózisa. In: Az elitek átváltozása. (Metamorphose of elites in Transition of elites) Új mandátum, Budapest, 1998.

The leading political journalist is an example of the technocrats created by the late Kadar regime. His articles are misleading and full of factual errors, though it is hard to decide wether it is a moral problem or that of expertise.

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.

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.