From Reformation to Transformation: Limits to Liberalism in Hungarian Economic Thought
From Reformation to Transformation: Limits to Liberalism in Hungarian Economic Thought
Author(s): János Mátyás KovácsSubject(s): Political Philosophy, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, Political economy, Economic development
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Hungary; limits to liberalism; economic thought; economic reforms; capitalism; economic transformation;
Summary/Abstract: "Closet capitalists" was the term used by sympathetic observers and neo-Stalinist critics alike to label the reform economists in Eastern Europe. According to both camps , the market socialists were sui generis liberals who only spoke about "plan" and "market" because they were not allowed to speak about "market" without "plan . " This interpretation may imply that with the opening up of the reformer closet , a legion of Hayek and Friedman clones will march out of it. Such expectations have been especially high as far as Hungary is concerned , whose economists were considered to be among the most radical representatives of socialist reform thinking. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 05/1991
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 41-72
- Page Count: 32
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
