GUSZTÁV BÁGER, poet and economist. He is professor emeritus at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest. Between 1990 and 1992, he was the head of the Economic Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance, and in 1992, he became the head of the International Finance Department of the Ministry of Finance.
The Art of Márton Barabás in the Budapest Hall of Art One of the most characteristic abstract motifs of Márton Barabás’s (1952) stylistically and thematically diverse body of work is music, alongside an investigation of such musical concepts as repetition, and the relationship of the part to the whole. Another
You are holding in your hand one of the strangest, most vivid and glamorous of verse tales, the story of a peasant boy found among corn and therefore named Johnny Grain-o’-Corn, who from early childhood has pledged his heart to an orphan girl, the beautiful Iluska (called Nelly [or Nell
There is no acceptable excuse for emigration after takingadvantage of the treasures of one’s homeland; leaving herfor good is nothing but a betrayal. István Széchenyi I came to Hungary in September to begin my Fulbright grant,
Like all Hungarians of my generation, I grew up and lived during the Cold War in a country under Soviet domination. In our optimistic moments we believed that our offspring would live to see the end of that domination, and of communism. Even after the fall of the Berlin Wall
The Case of Die Habsburgermonarchie 1848–1918 In December 2021, two volumes entitled Die Habsburgermonarchie 1848–1918, Band X: Das kulturelle Leben. Akteure–Tendenzen–Ausprägungen were published by the Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. This publication marks the end of a project on the history of Central Europe from the middle of the nineteenth
Fulbright, Arkansas, and the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the FulbrightProgram, 1946–2021Part III CENSURE, OMISSION, AND SILENCE The seventy-fifth anniversary commemorations also illustrated the extent to which the State Department has had problems addressing the paradoxical political biography of Senator Fulbright that became an object of contention at the University of Arkansas
New Dimensions in EfficiencyPart II INTRODUCTION Sustainable development encompasses three dimensions of welfare—economic, environmental, and social issues—that involve complex synergies and trade-offs. The social dimension emphasizes the importance of well-functioning labour markets and high employment, of adaptation to major demographic changes such as ageing population, equity considerations, and a willingness
Science and Scientism in the ‘Post-truth’ Age For the last five years, we have heard frequent reference to the idea that we live in a ‘post-truth’ age. Certainly, in this time, the status of formal expertise has fallen, and experts increasingly find that, to a sizeable and growing minority, their
‘Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.’ Students of pop song will know this pathos-ridden refrain from the 1970s hit song, ‘Me and Bobby McGee’. Of course, the lyrics actually describe the life of a drifter: drugs, panhandling … the usual stuff. But for me it has always
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