An outstanding left-wing politician of Europe, whose political career showed the opposite tendency to that of many others. Having assumed ministership, he radicalised instead of becoming opportunistic, and turned towards the working class instead of locking himself into the corridirs of power.
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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
Integration and catching up
Contrary to commonly used political slogans, the integration of backward regions to the developed world does not automatically lead to a catching up to those. A comparative analysis of successful and unsuccessful experiments shows that the West has only assisted some countries to a higher level of development for its own interests and not for charity; and that neither national nor regional isolation have led to a successful alternative to the exposure to the capitalist core. Consequently, there can be no ready recipes for Eastern Europe either, and the experimentation with new solutions remains an inevitable factor of the transformation.
One world, several worlds – introduction to the issue of “Third Wold”
Islam and pluralism
The West has discovered Islam as a new enemy. According to this, religious fundamentalism threatens democracy in all circumstances. This view hides the dictatoric features of some West-oriented regimes, does not take into account the plurality of Islamic movements, some of which has been able to integrate the values of both pluralism and modernity.