Martin Reguli

Senior Analyst at the F. A. Hayek Foundation, a leading Slovakian free-market think tank, focusing primarily on the areas of economics, social policy, and foreign affairs at the level of Slovak Republic and the European Union.
He is active in the consultations about the education policy as well as the digitalization progress in the V4 region.
He helped implement multiple projects and organize numerous conferences, bringing together different actors from the areas of business, academia, and the public sector.
He has experience in work in the legislative chamber and the executive, with the research and policy projects in the areas of economic and foreign policy.
He regularly appears in the media and offers commentaries on the key public policy areas

Economy

Ukraine and Opportunity for V4 to Reject Cheap Nationalism

BY Martin Reguli AND F.A. Hayek Foundation / March 3, 2022

The new conflict with the Russian regime, which is reviving its Soviet ambitions, has unified Europe and reminded the countries in the V4 region to realign its interest as well as economic solutions away from the East (Russia and China), and back to the Western Europe and the U.S. spheres of influence.

Review #15

REVIEW #15: Myth of Autarky and Self-Sufficiency from Mercantilism to Present Day: Why Do We Still Fall for Idea When Dependent on Export for Survival?

BY Martin Reguli AND 4liberty.eu / October 21, 2021

Some ideas have a tendency to survive in the minds of people, no matter how many times they are proven wrong. The economic nationalism, under the name of self-sufficiency or autarky, has not been a new concept. The idea dates back at least to the era of Mercantilism of the French monarchy under Louis XIV.

<i>Evolutionary Invisible Hand</i> Has Been Released

Publications, Think Tank News

Evolutionary Invisible Hand Has Been Released

BY Martin Reguli AND F.A. Hayek Foundation / May 18, 2021

The Evolutionary Invisible Hand. The Problem of Rational Decision-Making and Social Ordering over Time is a book by the director of the F. A. Hayek Foundation, Matúš Pošvanc. The book has been published by one of the world’s leading publishing houses Palgrave Macmillan.

Politics

Result of Brexit and Future of EU

BY Martin Reguli AND F.A. Hayek Foundation / January 25, 2021

One of the key topics of the past nearly four years has been the future face of the relations between the UK and the EU in the post-transition period era. Not many people expected that within the given time frame there would be sufficient time and willingness to reach a mutually acceptable deal.

Economy

Where Did Economic Liberalism Go in US?

BY Martin Reguli AND F.A. Hayek Foundation / January 21, 2021

The socially liberal camp around the world, including much of the European liberals, have been celebrating this turning of the tides, even though it comes at a cost of further polarisation of the society in the US and elsewhere.

Review #11

REVIEW #11: EU Accession and Revival of Nationalisms in CEE

BY Martin Reguli AND 4liberty.eu / September 24, 2019

Many Westerners have seen the break-up of the Eastern Bloc as the long-expected moment of reconnection with the countries of Central Europe. Formerly, in the interwar years, these states formed a crucial part of the order within the region.

Economy

High Expectations for European Administration and Cloudy Economy

BY Martin Reguli AND F.A. Hayek Foundation / August 26, 2019

This month, Slovak economy unpleasantly surprised the Slovak government, when the newly released economic numbers showed a relatively significant drop in the growth rate of the economy compared with the earlier expectations.

Politics

Democracy vs. the European Union: 3:1

BY Martin Reguli AND F.A. Hayek Foundation / December 13, 2017

After the unsuccessful initiatives from within the ranks of the Belgian Flemish and the Scottish referendum, comes a strike pointed closely at the heart of the Union. Catalonia declared independence and Europe does not know what to do with this unexpected turn of events.

Politics

The US Is Burning Bridges Instead of Building Them

BY Martin Reguli AND F.A. Hayek Foundation / September 12, 2017

The great divide has been extensively fed by a colourful palette of issues, from the support/disapproval of the current or former president, through a worldly perspective either from a cosmopolitan or traditional standpoint, all the way to the question of the future direction of the US.

Politics

The Live Economic Collapse of Socialism á la Venezuela

BY Martin Reguli AND F.A. Hayek Foundation / September 11, 2017

In Slovakia, political discourse around Central Europe continues to be dominated by the growing popularity of extreme solutions. This trend is expressly demonstrated by current popular preferences attributed to parties on both the extreme left and right in all countries of the central European region.