A pure person’s pure ideas: thoughts in connection with the memorial volume of István Muzslay’s work

Abstract

After the second world war, in Hungary which was taken under Soviet authority the theoretical, ideological and thought terror, the conscious concealment and distortion of the past values had a harmful effect on our history-thinking and also on our economic thoughts. By the communist takeover significant part of the Hungarian economic works became undesirable from day to day; the works of economic theory and economic history have disappeared from the public libraries, hence they were not tolerated by the new nomenclature. Also the French and Flemish publicising scientist and Jesuit monk, István Muzslay can be ruled into this group based on his commitment, attitude and scientific work, who was the professor of the Catholic University of Leuven’s Applied Economics Faculty, and director of the Collegium Hungaricum (successor of Mindszenty Collage). He was helper and existential bearer of several young Hungarian who was forced to emigration. It is important to memorize the ideas of István Muzslay from economics, and to know his works and values. The now published memorial volume which was created by the Saint Ignac Jesuit Collage (with the support of Pallas Athéne Educations Fundation), is dedicated more than a historical document, because it is describing not only the memories of an exemplary person, and a tragic period of our history, but contains also memories in connection with responsibility of economic actors, with the relation of economics and ethics.