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„Napájeni ze stejného zdroje“ Thatcherismus a Československo po sametové revoluci

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Šmigol O.

Dvacáté století - The Twentieth Century

2017

vol. 9

issue 1

99-119

The views and policies of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, which became known as Thatcherism, were mirrored in the newly democratic Czechoslovakia. Democratic left respected her for the principled critique of the Soviet bloc, but it was the Czechoslovak, or more accurately Czech right, which was directly inspired by her programme. Under the leadership of the Finance Minister and later Prime Minister Václav Klaus Czechoslovakia undertook the most radical economic reform of all post-communist countries. British conservatism inspired the Czech right, partly indirectly, as the Czech politician read similar conservative thinkers and economists as the people surrounding Thatcher, but there is also direct inspiration. Czechoslovak officials closely studied British privatisation. The British provided advisers, money and organised conferences, all to achieve a smooth reform process. The result was a clear imprint of Thatcherism on the Czechoslovak economic reform and on the newly constituted Czech right.

Kapitalismus fáze nula : semináře Václava Klause jako součást myšlenkového světa pozdního socialismu

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Durčák M.

Moderní dějiny: sborník k dějinám 19. a 20. století (Modern History: Studies into 19th and 20th century history)

2019

vol. 27

issue 1

305-355

The destruction of the communist system in Czechoslovakia stood on at least two pillars: 1) the moral delegitimisation of the governing Communist Party with the assistance of dissent, which preferred the assertion of civil and human rights; 2) the destruction of the prevailing economic system, something which became the objective of Václav Klaus and other participants in seminars during the 1980s which took place a number of years prior to the events of November 1989. The core group behind these seminars partially comprised young economists who had worked in the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences’ Economics Institute under Ota Šik. However, they were not his successors, but rather fundamental opponents who, led by Václav Klaus, were fundamentally convinced that the socialist economy could never be reformed. Thus, these seminars were a platform for criticism of the prevailing economic system to the extent possible within the regime at the time.

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„Napájeni ze stejného zdroje“ Thatcherismus a Československo po sametové revoluci

Kapitalismus fáze nula : semináře Václava Klause jako součást myšlenkového světa pozdního socialismu