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Disinflation or Suppressed Price Increases?
The Department of Economic Policy and Economic Theory of the Hungarian Economic Association convened leading representatives of the domestic analytical community for a roundtable discussion. During the ninety-minute debate, participants discussed the level of...
European Prospects of the Western Balkans
At a professional roundtable discussion held on April 30 by the EU Section of the Hungarian Economic Association (HEA), Péter Balázs—former Minister of Foreign Affairs, former European Commissioner, honorary member and former Vice President of the HEA—Zsolt Becsey,...
Economic Policy Section: Unchanged Board
For another three-year term, Péter Halmai, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and professor at the National University of Public Service as well as the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, will continue to serve as president of the HEA’s Economic...
Agricultural Section: New Members in the Board
The executive board of the Agricultural and Food Industry Section of the HEA has been strengthened with new members. In the recently concluded online election, voting members renewed their confidence for another three-year term in the section’s president, Attila...
Are we sure that every innovation is necessary?
From billion-dollar failures in the automotive industry to the legal regulation of artificial intelligence — at a sectional event of the HEA, three CEOs presented the darker side of innovation. Innovation is usually a celebrated concept: companies are expected to...
Rare Diseases: An Invisible Burden
A scientific roundtable discussion addressed the individual and societal burdens of rare diseases, the challenges of financing innovative therapies, and the future of digital medicine. The term “rare disease” is misleading – as emphasized at a scientific event held at...
New Board Member in the EU Section
The board of the European Union Section of the HEA has been expanded with a new member: Ambassador Péter Mocsáry, EU integration advisor to the Government of the Republic of Serbia. During the recently concluded leadership renewal, members expressed their confidence...
New HEA President in Békés County
Róbert Kurtics, Head of Department at the Békés County Directorate of the Hungarian State Treasury, has been elected president of the HEA’s Békés County Organization during the online leadership renewal concluded on Wednesday. He succeeds István Zoltán Kása, Managing...
Demography: Still with József Benda
The Demography Section of the HEA has re-elected socialization researcher József Benda as its President for another three-year term. At Wednesday’s officer election event, it was also announced that the voting members had renewed their confidence for another three...
Health Economics: Board Election Completed
The voting members of the Health and Healthcare Economics Section of the HEA decided not to change the composition of the Section’s leadership. During the recently concluded online election, they confirmed by a large majority the current Chair of the Section,...