摘要：It should be a task of primary importance for the Hungarian literature on economics and economic policy to conduct a deep analysis of the relative relapse of the Hungarian economy by international comparison. Well, it cannot be denied that numerous essays, articles or thematic volumes have been written about the economic and political developments of the beginning of the twenty-first century. As far as the developments in the area of finance are concerned, this quarterly has also published several important professional articles in previous issues. The number of publications on economic theory is nothing to be scoffed at either. Thorough studies and monographs have analysed the international financial crisis; there have been debates on the economics and policy conclusions that can be drawn from the latest developments, and the scientific and professional circles of each country have reacted to the new reality. However, in the case of Hungary, two major ranges of subjects have become overlapped and intertwined. Namely, the country has truly been affected by the international financial turbulences, and even more seriously than our environment. On the other hand, the lost momentum of the Hungarian economy and the accumulation of a number of equilibrium problems had been felt well before the financial troubles started to evolve from 2007 onwards. Accordingly, we have a crisis of our own, which would have evolved even if there had not been any change in the outside world. But such a changed did indeed occur. Therefore, economic policy analysts simultaneously have to give account of the crisis that is attributable to the two different groups of reasons, while, of course, the two matters that represent different qualities in terms of their roots and driving forces converge from the aspect of consequences. However, not many works with such complex understanding and high ambition have been written until now.
