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HRC–HEA cooperation
A cooperation agreement between the Hungarian Rectors’ Conference (HRC) and the Hungarian Economic Association (HEA) has been signed by László Borhy, President of the HRC, Rector of Eötvös Loránd University and Gyula Pleschinger, President of the HEA, Member of the...
HEA’s roundtables on the TV
Several roundtables of the sections of the 59th Itinerant Conference of Economists will be aired in the coming weeks on Hatoscsatorna. The cable channel with national coverage will launch a series on 22 November from 6.30 p.m., starting with the panel of the Public...
Itinerant Conference: 2,500 minutes’ worth of video material
The 59th Itinerant Conference of Economists organised by the Hungarian Economic Association finished successfully: although the largest annual conference of Hungarian economists was held as a virtual event due to the pandemic situation, the live streams attracted a...
János Kornai has died
János Kornai, Széchenyi Prize winner economist, academic, professor emeritus of Harvard University and Corvinus University of Budapest died on Monday at the age of 94. One of the best known Hungarian economists, he was President of the Hungarian Economic Association...
Central European central bank vice-presidents on the euro
The central bank deputy governors and vice presidents of five Central European countries - the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - will discuss the conditions, advantages and disadvantages of the introduction of the euro in the EU section of the...
Former World Bank chief economist to address the Conference
Former World Bank Chief Economist, former IEA President Kaushik Basu will be among the speakers of the opening plenary session of the 59th Itinerant Conference of Economists, sharing his thoughts on the post-pandemic world economic outlook. The conference organised by...
59th Itinerant Conference of Economists: just two months to go
The 59th Itinerant Conference of Economists with speakers including MNB Governor György Matolcsy, SAO President László Domokos, professor Diána Ürge-Vorsatz, Vice Chair of UN IPCC Working Group III and Kaushik Basu, former World Bank Chief Economist, former President...
Manager of the Year: Éva Hegedüs
The Secretary General of the Hungarian Economic Association, Éva Hegedüs, President and CEO of GRÁNIT Bank Zrt., received the Manager of the Year Award at the July 3 gala of the National Association of Managers in HBungary. This year, for the twenty-sixth time, the...
Itinerant Conference of Economists 2021 – another online event
Considering the pandemic related risks and uncertainties the Board of the Hungarian Economic Association decided to organise the 59th Itinerant Conference of Economists on 23-24 September 2021 in a hybrid format, similar to last year, with live video streaming. Based...
HEA’s Annual General Meeting
The 127-year old Hungarian Economic Association (HEA) held its Annual General Meeting on Friday, 21 May 2021 as an online event because of the pandemic situation. Established in 1894, the HEA is the largest non-profit forum for Hungarian economists made up of 26...