The Budapest School is a group of Hungarian scholars and dissidents, formerly students of the Marxist philosopher Georg Lukacs. The major figures in this grouping are Ferenc Feher, Agnes Heller, Georg Markus and Mihaly Vajda. The commonly used appellation 'the Budapest School' is used here to refer to this group of writers. Although I have avoided the issue of whether the Budapest School constitutes a school of thought, I have analysed the writings of these individuals with the understanding that they share a common neo-Marxian heritage. Given their differing circumstances and interests, especially within the last ten years, to argue that they constitute a 'school of thought' makes little sense. However, this study argues that within the Budapest School's neo-Marxism there exists a defence of a mixed economy characterized by both planning and markets as well as by mixed forms of property ownership. I have attempted to provide an interpretation of the Budapest School's work that draws from key themes and issues they have developed. It is by no means the only or the correct interpretation, but one that I would hope contributes to the overall objective of, as Agnes Heller states, 'making the world a home for humanity'.