Among economists the following questions arise: Will new measures of well-being1 be any more meaningful than tradi-tional indicators? Is the new focus on quality of life a welcome recognition that governments can and should promote happiness?In my study I introduce the OECD’s so-called Better...

Kornai János, a Harvard Egyetem és a Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem emeritus profeszszora idén töltötte be 90. születésnapját. Tiszteletére a Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem Összehasonlító és Intézményi Gazdaságtan Tanszéke különleges szakmai eseménysorozatot szervezett. Jelen...

In October 2008 the main Hungarian public finance actors: the government, the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) and experts cited the high public debt and volume of unsecured foreign-currency loans as the main reasons for the economy’s vulnerability. On the other hand according to the formal...

The globalisation is a complex phenomenon with many advantageous and disadvantageous consequences. In this paper we investigate the linkage between globalised market economy and the happiness through the ethical implications of the greatest happiness principle in a system approach. We also...