Introduction

Julius Horvath*

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This book provides preliminary information about Central European economic thought development for approximately four hundred years. It is an introduction to a history of economic thought in Central Europe. We perceive Central Europe as a compact territory of the four present-day countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and the Slovak Republic. This region represents a geographical concept that has acquired a political and a cultural undertone. Central Europe varies culturally, historically, politically, and economically from Europe’s other parts and regions. After the introduction, the next chapter discusses the emergence of economic thought and its evolution until World War I. Chapter 3 includes the period between the two World Wars. Chapter 4 concentrates on the socialist period, while Chap. 5 deals shortly with the period after the socialist system’s break-up. The Appendix presents an incomplete list of economists born in Central Europe who made careers in Western countries, mostly in the twentieth century. Finally, we conclude.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAn Introduction to the History of Economic Thought in Central Europe
EditorsJulius Horvath
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Pages1-11
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-58926-4
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-58925-7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

Publication series

NamePalgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought
ISSN (Print)2662-6578
ISSN (Electronic)2662-6586

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