Abstract
In overall, have these last 30 years witnessed, through various troubled stages, the progress to advanced free-market democracies in CEE, or was it, by now, closing in historical development in circle, beck to the semi-totalitarian populism in 30 years? Is it about the time to recognize the current shape of capitalism in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland as having a distinctive and, at the same time, shared populist and authoritarian nature? Have we got in 'historical' circle - after 30 years - essentially, beck where we started in 1989?