Gabor Scheiring, PhD

Political Economist, Public Sociologist

  • About

    • Academia
    • Activism
  • Marie Curie

  • Publications

  • Books

  • Recordings

  • Media

  • CV

  • Contact Me

  • More

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.
    • all
    • popular
    • academic
    Search
    Deindustrialization, social disintegration, and health
    gaborscheiring
    • Apr 22
    • 5 min
    popular

    Deindustrialization, social disintegration, and health

    This article for the Marxist Sociology Blog presents a novel theory on deindustrialization, social disintegration, and health.
    Will the Post-War Rebirth of the West Revive Democracy?
    gaborscheiring
    • Mar 29
    • 9 min
    popular

    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.
    George Blazyca Award
    gaborscheiring
    • Feb 28
    • 1 min
    popular

    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.
    Armchair Economics Defeated: How China Escaped Shock Therapy
    gaborscheiring
    • Dec 14, 2021
    • 13 min
    popular

    Armchair Economics Defeated: How China Escaped Shock Therapy

    My review of Isabella Weber's book, How China Escaped Shock Therapy, on the SASE blog.
    From Socialist to Capitalist Walls
    gaborscheiring
    • Oct 11, 2021
    • 12 min
    popular

    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.
    The Mutation of Neoliberalism
    gaborscheiring
    • Aug 11, 2021
    • 9 min
    popular

    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...
    Is Neoliberalism Finally Dead?
    gaborscheiring
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 10 min
    popular

    Is Neoliberalism Finally Dead?

    Few concepts have been declared dead and buried more often than neoliberalism. However, it continues to survive. Neoliberal Resilience,...
    The Socio-Economics of Illiberalism
    gaborscheiring
    • Jun 17, 2021
    • 13 min
    popular

    The Socio-Economics of Illiberalism

    My (slightly provocative) essay for SASE on how (not) to research illiberalism: The culture/economy dichotomy is artificial & unproductive.
    Illiberal Finance: Think Globally, Act Locally
    gaborscheiring
    • Jun 3, 2021
    • 8 min
    popular

    Illiberal Finance: Think Globally, Act Locally

    How does the collusion of international finance & domestic oligarchy lead to illiberalism?
    The political economy of the post-socialist mortality crisis
    gaborscheiring
    • May 7, 2021
    • 8 min
    popular

    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?
    The Socio-Economics of Health and Dying
    gaborscheiring
    • Mar 26, 2021
    • 9 min
    popular

    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.’...
    The National Populist Mutation Of Neoliberalism
    gaborscheiring
    • Feb 23, 2021
    • 8 min
    popular

    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...
    National Capitalism in Orbán's Hungary (Interview)
    gaborscheiring
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 1 min
    popular

    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.
    Insights from Hungary to beat Trumpism
    gaborscheiring
    • Nov 30, 2020
    • 4 min
    popular

    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...
    Why Viktor Orbán took the EU hostage
    gaborscheiring
    • Nov 20, 2020
    • 6 min
    popular

    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...
    The Mayor of Budapest about my book and democracy
    gaborscheiring
    • Nov 10, 2020
    • 1 min
    popular

    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....
    Why businesses embrace populists and what to do about it: lessons from Hungary
    gaborscheiring
    • Sep 8, 2020
    • 4 min
    popular

    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.
    The Political Economy of Coronavirus Responses in Hungary
    gaborscheiring
    • Aug 5, 2020
    • 20 min
    popular

    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?
    The slow extinction of the American working class
    gaborscheiring
    • Aug 5, 2020
    • 7 min
    popular

    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.
    Orbanomics and populist health crisis management in Hungary
    gaborscheiring
    • Jun 19, 2020
    • 4 min
    popular

    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.
    Health, inequality and democracy in the light of the Corona crisis
    gaborscheiring
    • Apr 23, 2020
    • 5 min
    popular

    Health, inequality and democracy in the light of the Corona crisis

    The health of people and the health of democracy are intertwined.
    Antibodies against Orbán and Salvini
    gaborscheiring
    • Apr 22, 2020
    • 2 min
    popular

    Antibodies against Orbán and Salvini

    What do Italy and Hungary reveal about the political-economic background of the coronavirus crisis? My article in the Italian weekly Left.
    How the Western Sense of Superiority Can Cost Lives
    gaborscheiring
    • Mar 14, 2020
    • 4 min
    popular

    How the Western Sense of Superiority Can Cost Lives

    The false Western sense of superiority endangers people.
    Hungarian opposition takes a crucial step, but still a long way to go for the left
    gaborscheiring
    • Oct 15, 2019
    • 7 min
    popular

    Hungarian opposition takes a crucial step, but still a long way to go for the left

    The local government elections brought advances for the opposition but also new challenges for the left.
    1
    2
    universita-commerciale-luigi-bocconi-log
    cambridge.jpg
    • fullsizeoutput_21_edited_edited
    • researchgate_edited
    • Twitter Clean Grey
    • LinkedIn Clean Grey

    © Created by Noemi Scheiring-Olah.