Hungarian Conservative

Although it always comes as a shock for people from Central Eastern Europe who lived through state socialism, nowadays in the West there are increasingly more young people who identify as Marxists or even Communists.

Given the increasingly widespread appeal of Marxist beliefs in Western academia, it is important to remind ourselves of what really happened under Soviet-type planned economies.

While some disappointment with capitalism—just like with any system—is completely understandable, the virtues of capitalism must be acknowledged.

Among many other awards, Károly Makk was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at Figueira da Foz IFF in 1986 and the Kossuth Prize in 1973 for his achievements in creating and popularising Hungarian arts.

The team of Hungarian Conservative wishes you all a very merry Christmas with this article.

The achievements of the last 30 years must not be forgotten nor underestimated – Central Europe, and Hungary in it, have gone through spectacular development which can be observed across all measurements of economic growth.

It was not only the repression of personal liberties, the control over the media and the personal cult of Ceaușescu which made the Romanian one party-system infamous, but also the decline in the country’s living standards.

This article aims to provide a brief overview of the most important milestones of the two countries’ economic cooperation. 

The organic development of the Hungarian constitution endowed the nation with its self-image, will and continuity as Roger Scruton argued.

What is behind the nostalgia for state socialism in East-Central Europe?

While Brexiteers argued that the EU is a threat to democracy, Hungarian conservatives were fixated on what might happen to the stock exchange if the UK leaves the EU.

Is Central Europe as enthusiastic about its Western neighbours today as it was in 1989? 

In memoriam of János Kornai’s life and work, his main ideas about the socialist economy, shortages and the budget constraint are discussed on the columns of the Hungarian Conservative. 

Let us consider a few examples, the most widely accessed sources of international news to represent that Hungary is increasingly and undeservedly depicted negatively. 

Scruton traced back our classical understanding of beauty to the Enlightenment period, and argued that in our increasingly secular world beauty is a path back to the transcendent.