Reading Group: Machiavelli’s The Prince

Machiavelli’s 16th century advice to the young ruler is a classic work about the relationship between power and politics, both personal and popular, as well as about the shifting understandings of virtue, vices, and fortune.  CSS president Marion Smith moderated a discussion of Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince. The book is available online in Hungarian (A fejedelem) here and in English here.

Empowering workers in Chile by Jose Pinera

András Simonovits (research advisor, Hungarian Academy of Sciences), our guest expert on pension systems around the world and in Hungary moerated a discussion on Jose Piñera’s study on the lessons of  Chile’s successful private pension system. With the help of the pension reform, Chile managed to defeat poverty in a free society and could grow beyond [...]

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

A discussion of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy In America, Vol. II, Book 3: “Influence of Democracy on Manners, Properly So Called” led by Randy Grinnan. Reading Group discussions are held monthly in English and last approximately 1.5 hours.

The Law by Frédéric Bastiat

Lead by Tibor Mándi, CSS membes discussed the relevance of natural law and the regulatory role of the state in a democratic society.

The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek

Lead by Márton Baranyi, CSS members discussed how the idea of the free market economy influences society and how classical liberalism is relevant in times of economic crisis.