Varieties of Post-communist Capitalism: A comparative analysis of Russia, Eastern Europe and China

About Pter Mihlyi Ivn Szelnyi

Professor Mihályi started his academic career after graduation from the Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences in Budapest. Between 1983-1993 he was a researcher of the UN Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva. After returning to his native country he became an active participant of the Hungarian privatization process. He served inter alia as Deputy Government Commissioner for Privatization in 1994/95 and played a major role in the largest transactions in energy and banking. In 1997/98 he was promoted to Deputy State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. His portfolio included the pension reform the preparation of the healthcare reform and municipal financing. He is affiliated with the Corvinus University of Budapest as Professor Emeritus and the Central European University as a Recurrent Visiting Professor. Professor Mihályi is an often consulted expert by UNCTAD UN ECE the World Bank and the European Union. Ivan Szelenyi is Max Weber Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences NYUAD and William Graham Sumner Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Political Science Yale University. He is a Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an Ordinary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.