The Links Between Demography and Competitiveness
On November 20, 2024, the Prime Minister’s Office, in collaboration with the Oeconomus Economic Research Foundation, organized a workshop conference titled The…
Neutral economies I – European perspectives
The past years and decades in the global economy have shown how geopolitical challenges can negatively affect economically open and sensitive countries….
A forgotten industry – Hungarian textile manufacturing
We use different textiles, clothing and leather products in our everyday lives, but most of the time we don’t know whether the…
An overview of the expansion of OTP Bank
OTP Bank has been an unavoidable and stable player in Hungarian banking history for many decades. In the course of its operation,…
Digital Hungary: A New Era Begins
The word of the year will be competitiveness, which will also be a key topic during Hungary’s EU presidency. In global market…
#Oecomment – AI – the solution to all humanity’s problems or the technology that will destroy us?
In the last year and a half, the global use of artificial intelligence has taken giant strides forward – in everyday life…
#Oecomment – Unexpected twist in the world of work
Several countries and companies have opted for a four-day working week and are running longer or shorter trial periods, while there are…
A calm before the storm in the dollar-based global financial system?
As we enter the third year of the Russia-Ukraine war and sanctions warfare, the divergence in expert opinion about the future of…
Red giants instead of a comet? The rise of the Chinese electric car industry
The emergence of Chinese electric car brands has taken Western countries by surprise, like the appearance of a comet, even though its…
Domestic work accounts for a quarter of GDP, yet it is not valued enough
Invisible work is a type of labour for which there is no pay, yet most of us do it – even without…
#Oecomment- Oeco-index: a new approach to better understand the development of countries
The Oeconomus Research Fundation has developed a new way to better understand the development of countries. The complex indicator is built on…
#OeComment – Defence spending by NATO, the European Union and Hungary
In 2022, the European Union’s defence spending reached a new record, but the EU still falls short of the 2% defence…
