The Polish economy : legacies from the past, prospects for the future

From a centrally planned economy to that of a free market system, economic reform measures introduced in Poland have been perhaps the most radical and ambitious in the newly-free countries of Eastern Europe. Ramifications and implications of these economic reforms impinge on and influence the thinking of many in the recently liberalized, formerly communist societies. This study assumes a two-pronged approach, combining document research and field interview into a synthesized study of the Polish economy, with particular concerns given to the Poland of the future. Raphael Shen asserts that the measures taken for transforming the Polish economy from the "old" to that of the "new" should be paced over time rather than overnight, and moderate rather than radical. Throwing the centrally-planned system out and replacing it with the free market system instantly means that, in the short term at least, Poland will have no intact economic system. The necessary economic infrastructure and basic institutions have had no time to develop. The contrived market system cannot function in a meaningful way. The current experience in Poland has already led to extensive disillusionment among Polish consumers and doubts among academicians. The Polish experience will be a valuable lesson in economics for students graduate students, undergraduates, teachers and research scholars studying in the areas of comparative economic systems, economic development and economic history.

著者

Shen, Raphael

出版社

Praeger

発売日

1992年1月発売

価格

価格未定（税込・書誌情報提供：openBD）

ISBN

9780275938864

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