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.

A new initiative to introduce ecological taxes adopdet by a European conference held in Athens in 1997 November. The document explains the arguments too.

The Sytem of National Accountas used by the UN to mesure the annual income of countries hardly takes into account any environmental factors and particularly the degradation of human and environmental capital the reuslt of the operation of capitalist markets.