Ep. 8: Are Viktor Orbán's economic policies right-wing?

00:40 - How and why did Viktor Orbán manage to be re-elected as Prime Minister for the third consecutive time in Hungary? What is his popularity due to? What are the nature of the economic policies he pursues? What are the similarities between the governments in Poland and Hungary in this regard?

42:50 - The conflict between the Anti-Corruption Commission and the court in Bulgaria - what is happening? Are the powers of the Anti-Corruption Commission too broad and dangerous?

57:46- Questions from Patreon donors

72:40 - Last words

Links:

Hungary under Orban: Can Central Planning Revive the Economy? - A good and detailed overview of Orban's economic policy.

Hungary' Heterodox Economic Policies - More about Orbán's economic policies.

How Viktor Orban will tap Europe's taxpayers and bankroll his friends and family - On nepotism and rentierism in Orban's rule.

The Promise of Prosperity: One family's turn from hope in Poland's Law and Justice party do disillusionment - Voters of the current government in Poland for its policies.

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