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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.
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Gabor Scheiring, PhD
Political Economist, Public Sociologist
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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
- Jun 19, 2020
- 1 min
Orbanomics: A polarising answer to the crisis of liberal dependent capitalism
This analysis explains the political-economic logic of Orbanomics.
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.
gaborscheiring
- Apr 22, 2020
- 2 min
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.
gaborscheiring
- Apr 18, 2020
- 1 min
The foundations of hybrid authoritarian state capitalism in Hungary
To understand the emergence, stability of Orbán's illiberal regime, this article digs into the contradictions of postsocialist liberalism.
gaborscheiring
- Mar 15, 2020
- 4 min
How the Western Sense of Superiority Can Cost Lives
The false Western sense of superiority endangers people.
gaborscheiring
- Jan 28, 2020
- 2 min
Analyzing the Health Impact of Economic Change
Non-technical summary of the Privatisation and Mortality project that analyzed the political economy of the postsocialist mortality crisis.
gaborscheiring
- Oct 15, 2019
- 7 min
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.
gaborscheiring
- Sep 5, 2019
- 2 min
Dependent development and authoritarian state capitalism
What are the economic roots Hungary's authoritarian turn, and how could we conceptualise the post-2010 regime?
gaborscheiring
- Aug 5, 2019
- 26 min
The structural trap of labour politics in Hungary
What are the deeper challenges facing contemporary left-wing class politics in Hungary?
gaborscheiring
- Feb 18, 2019
- 11 min
Academic Freedom in Hungary’s Authoritarian State Capitalism
Authoritarian leaders find it hard to tolerate independent voices, and academic freedom is no different. After Prime Minister of Hungary...
gaborscheiring
- Dec 14, 2018
- 1 min
Cross-Country Evidence on the Social Determinants of the Post-Socialist Mortality Crisis in Europe
We review 39 cross-national multi-variable peer reviewed studies of social determinants of mortality in post-socialist Europe.
gaborscheiring
- Apr 10, 2018
- 4 min
Hungary’s regime is proof that capitalism can be deeply authoritarian
Blaming citizens for their alleged populist or anti-democratic turn is misleading. Without the active involvement of the economic elite,...
gaborscheiring
- Apr 9, 2018
- 1 min
Lessons from the Political Economy of Authoritarian Capitalism in Hungary
To understand the emergence of authoritarian capitalism in Hungary, this paper digs into the contradictions of liberal economic policies.
gaborscheiring
- Mar 26, 2018
- 1 min
Smoking, alcohol and cancer mortality in Eastern European men
The study calculates population attributable risk fraction (PARF) of cancer deaths from smoking and alcohol in Russia, Belarus and Hungary.
gaborscheiring
- Jan 1, 2018
- 2 min
The Gendered Effects of Foreign Investment and Prolonged State Ownership on Mortality in Hungary
Prolonged state ownership was associated with protection of life chances during the post-socialist transformation for women.
gaborscheiring
- Nov 17, 2017
- 1 min
The wounds of post-socialism: a systematic review of the social determinants of mortality in Hungary
Eastern Europe underwent dramatic economic and demographic changes in recent history with skyrocketing mortality rates in the 1990s.
gaborscheiring
- May 1, 2017
- 2 min
The effect of rapid privatisation on mortality in mono-industrial towns in post-Soviet Russia
The rapid pace of privatisation was a significant factor in the marked increase in working-age male mortality in post-Soviet Russia.
gaborscheiring
- Nov 12, 2016
- 9 min
The Rise of Illiberalism from East to the West: A Lesson About Class for the Left
As the world awakens from the shock of Donald Trump being elected, liberals and people on the left have started to draw the conclusions....
gaborscheiring
- Oct 27, 2016
- 8 min
The European Left at a crossroads
The crisis of the Left, a post-communist peculiarity until just a few years ago, has become critical all over Europe. If the Left wants...
gaborscheiring
- Jul 30, 2016
- 2 min
Mortality in Transition
The article describes the study Protocol of the PrivMort Project, a multilevel cohort study measuring the health impact of economic change.
gaborscheiring
- Jul 16, 2016
- 7 min
Is a Progressive Alliance a Progressive Solution?
The ascent of right-wing hegemony in an increasing number of countries in Europe is forcing progressives to rethink their agendas and...
gaborscheiring
- Jun 17, 2016
- 1 min
Sustaining Democracy in an Era of Dependent Financialization
The paper analyses the tensions between dependent financialisation and democracy building on Polanyi's work utilising the case of Hungary.
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