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My Analysis of Eastern European Populism in French
The essay, published in the journal of ATTAC France, explains why Polish populism is labor-oriented, Czech populism is pro-status quo,...
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Gabor Scheiring, PhD
Political Economist, Public Sociologist
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gaborscheiring
- Jun 16
- 8 min
From Democracy to Authoritarian Capitalism
In this op-ed, I explore the latest Freedom House Nations in Transit Report, its implications for Hungary, and how the report only...
gaborscheiring
- Jun 16, 2022
- 12 min
New Perspectives on Deindustrialization
New Perspectives on Deindustrialization as Socio-Economic Disintegration - Our essay with Anne-Marie Jeannet for the SASE blog.
gaborscheiring
- Apr 22, 2022
- 5 min
Deindustrialization, social disintegration, and health
This article for the Marxist Sociology Blog presents a novel theory on deindustrialization, social disintegration, and health.
gaborscheiring
- Mar 29, 2022
- 9 min
Will the Post-War Rebirth of the West Revive Democracy?
A fundamental contradiction lies at the heart of Western foreign policy: economic liberalism undermines democracy promotion.
gaborscheiring
- Feb 28, 2022
- 1 min
George Blazyca Award
It is an honor that my book - The Retreat of Liberal Democracy, Palgrave, 2020 - won the BASEES 2022 George Blazyca Book Prize.
gaborscheiring
- Dec 14, 2021
- 13 min
Armchair Economics Defeated: How China Escaped Shock Therapy
My review of Isabella Weber's book, How China Escaped Shock Therapy, on the SASE blog.
gaborscheiring
- Oct 11, 2021
- 12 min
From Socialist to Capitalist Walls
Taking Stock of Shock results from a massive interdisciplinary endeavor, a timely and crucial contribution to the debate on postsocialism.
gaborscheiring
- Aug 11, 2021
- 9 min
The Mutation of Neoliberalism
In this contribution to ISRF Bulletin 24, I inquire into the nature of the specific form of national-populist neoliberalism that has...
gaborscheiring
- Jul 20, 2021
- 10 min
Is Neoliberalism Finally Dead?
Few concepts have been declared dead and buried more often than neoliberalism. However, it continues to survive. Neoliberal Resilience,...
gaborscheiring
- Jun 17, 2021
- 13 min
The Socio-Economics of Illiberalism
My (slightly provocative) essay for SASE on how (not) to research illiberalism: The culture/economy dichotomy is artificial & unproductive.
gaborscheiring
- Jun 3, 2021
- 8 min
Illiberal Finance: Think Globally, Act Locally
How does the collusion of international finance & domestic oligarchy lead to illiberalism?
gaborscheiring
- May 7, 2021
- 8 min
The political economy of the post-socialist mortality crisis
The number of excess deaths could have been ca. 7.3 million in Eastern Europe in 1991-99. What explains the postsocialist mortality crisis?
gaborscheiring
- Mar 26, 2021
- 9 min
The Socio-Economics of Health and Dying
This essay examines the multidisciplinary debate around what has recently been referred to as an epidemic of ‘deaths of despair.’...
gaborscheiring
- Feb 23, 2021
- 8 min
The National Populist Mutation Of Neoliberalism
Globalist neoliberalism, with its focus on human rights and multilateralism, is on the decline. However, its alternative is not a...
gaborscheiring
- Dec 8, 2020
- 1 min
National Capitalism in Orbán's Hungary (Interview)
Behind the veneer of economic nationalism, Hungary is one of the breeding grounds of a new incarnation of neoliberalism.
gaborscheiring
- Nov 30, 2020
- 4 min
Insights from Hungary to beat Trumpism
Three pitfalls from a Hungarian perspective that could hinder beating Trumpism after Trump vacates the White House. The official start of...
gaborscheiring
- Nov 20, 2020
- 6 min
Why Viktor Orbán took the EU hostage
Orbán is right to worry about EU funds becoming conditional on the rule of law. It threatens his whole socio-economic model The EU and...
gaborscheiring
- Nov 10, 2020
- 1 min
The Mayor of Budapest about my book and democracy
It's an absolute honor that the Mayor of Budapest, Karácsony Gergely joined my book forum to discuss the state of democracy in Hungary....
gaborscheiring
- Sep 8, 2020
- 4 min
Why businesses embrace populists and what to do about it: lessons from Hungary
Fighting populism requires recognising: globalisation contributed to enabling & stabilising illiberal populist regimes such as Orbán’s.
gaborscheiring
- Aug 5, 2020
- 20 min
The Political Economy of Coronavirus Responses in Hungary
How can we interpret the characteristic steps of the Hungarian government to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic?
gaborscheiring
- Aug 5, 2020
- 7 min
The slow extinction of the American working class
Death rates were strong predictors of the Trump Brexit votes. Rising working-class mortality signals both economic and democratic failure.
gaborscheiring
- Jun 19, 2020
- 4 min
Orbanomics and populist health crisis management in Hungary
The government’s responses to Covid-19 correspond to the logic of Orbanomics: capitalism for the poor, socialism for the rich.
gaborscheiring
- Apr 23, 2020
- 5 min
Health, inequality and democracy in the light of the Corona crisis
The health of people and the health of democracy are intertwined.
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