On Education and the Economy

Bibliographic Data

ID6060086
AuthorsIván T Berend (corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume35
Issue1
Pages54-57
Publication date2003-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1056-4934 • E-ISSN: 1944-7086
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2753/eue1056-4934350154
OpenAlexW2009135669
LanguageEN
Citations received19

I am rereading my two lectures "On Economy and Education," which I presented at the Hungarian Science Academy a quarter of a century ago (these were part of a five-lecture series I presented in 1978 under the heading "Accelerated Times" on economy and education). Today, that quarter-century seems even more distant, since history has taken a giant step in a new direction. During that time the world economy entered a new phase and the history of Hungary was drastically transformed. More surprising is the fact that the thoughts I expressed a quarter-century ago are applicable even today. I started out by comparing Hungary against the West during the 1970s. Specifically, I noted how the West was then undergoing a revolution in education, recognizing that education had a major impact on the development of the economy. In contrast, Hungary was lagging far behind the West in these processes. Today we are able to gain a more comprehensive picture of the educational revolution that took place in the West during the second half of the twentieth century

Economic system · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Economic Theory and Institutions

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