New Economic Mechanism in Hungary

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The New Economic Mechanism in Hungary was a major 1968 reform that introduced market-oriented elements into the country’s socialist economy, decentralizing decision-making and allowing limited private enterprise to improve efficiency and living standards.

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instanceOf economic reform program ⓘ
market-oriented reform ⓘ
aimedTo increase economic efficiency ⓘ
raise living standards ⓘ
allowed enterprises to make independent production decisions ⓘ
enterprises to retain profits ⓘ
small-scale private agriculture activities ⓘ
small-scale private services ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NEM ⓘ
Új Gazdasági Mechanizmus ⓘ
associatedWith goulash communism ⓘ
changed role of central planning authorities ⓘ
country Hungary ⓘ
criticizedBy hardline communist officials ⓘ
economicModel mixed socialist-market model ⓘ
governedBy Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party ⓘ
historicalSignificance early example of market socialism in Eastern Europe ⓘ
ideologyContext reform socialism ⓘ
implementedIn Hungarian People's Republic ⓘ
increased foreign trade orientation ⓘ
role of market signals ⓘ
influenced later economic reforms in Eastern Europe ⓘ
influencedBy economic reforms in Yugoslavia ⓘ
introduced decentralized decision-making ⓘ
enterprise autonomy ⓘ
limited private enterprise ⓘ
market-oriented elements ⓘ
price reforms ⓘ
profit incentives ⓘ
languageOfName Hungarian ⓘ
partiallyRolledBack 1970s ⓘ
policyArea macroeconomic management ⓘ
microeconomic incentives ⓘ
policyType enterprise reform ⓘ
foreign trade reform ⓘ
price liberalization ⓘ
politicalContext state socialist system ⓘ
preceded Hungarian economic reforms of the 1980s ⓘ
reduced central planning control over enterprises ⓘ
relatedTo economic liberalization in the Eastern Bloc ⓘ
resultedIn greater wage differentiation ⓘ
higher consumer choice in Hungary ⓘ
sector agriculture ⓘ
industry ⓘ
services ⓘ
startDate 1968-01-01 ⓘ
timePeriod 1970s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ

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János Kádár → implementedPolicy → New Economic Mechanism in Hungary ⓘ
New Economic Mechanism in Hungary → preceded → Hungarian economic reforms of the 1980s ⓘ
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New Economic Mechanism in Hungary → alsoKnownAs → Új Gazdasági Mechanizmus ⓘ
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goulash communism → associatedWithReform → New Economic Mechanism ⓘ
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goulash communism → introducedReform → New Economic Mechanism of 1968 ⓘ
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NEM → fullNameInEnglish → New Economic Mechanism ⓘ
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NEM → alsoKnownAs → Új Gazdasági Mechanizmus ⓘ
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Goulash Communism → economicPolicy → New Economic Mechanism ⓘ
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