Polish economy 1918-2018

Michał Gabriel Woźniak

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2020

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Woźniak, Michał Gabriel. Polish economy 1918-2018. Red. . : Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2020, 218 s. ISBN 978-83-01-21521-7

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ISBN/ISSN:

978-83-01-21521-7

DOI:

Wydawnictwo:

Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN

Rok wydania:

2020

Liczba stron:

218

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ONIX MARC21

Introduction8
CHAPTER 1. From liberalism to interventionism (1918–1939)18
1.1. Post-partition challenges and the Polish economy18
1.2. From inflation to stabilised development23
1.3. The shock of the Great Crisis29
1.4. Belated economic interventionism32
1.5. Conclusions34
CHAPTER 2. The communist experiment (1945–1989)38
2.1. Instead of an introduction38
2.2. Socialist industrialisation41
2.3. An attempt to harmonise the development and to reform the system46
2.4. After the martial law, or market socialism without the market and self-government56
2.5. Conclusions, or the roots of the concept of transition to capitalism62
CHAPTER 3. Winding paths to build a market economy (1990–2018)72
3.1. Transformational shock and postponed active adaptations72
3.2. The first attempt to integrate development processes – “Strategy for Poland”81
3.3. Towards public sector reforms and supply adjustments87
3.4. Has the local government reform broken the monopoly of uniform state authority?96
3.5. Deregulation of the labour market99
3.6. Controversial recipes for reforms of formal education and science development106
3.7. Attempts to overcome disintegration of the health care system117
3.8. Unfortunate liberalisation of the pension system124
3.9. Effects of implementing the EU socio-economic coherence pattern and continuing diffusion-polarisation development (2004–2015)134
3.10. Responsible development (2016–?)157
CHAPTER 4. Lessons to be learnt for the future, or why integrated development and modernisation of human capital are desirable172
List of Tables196
List of Figures197
References198
Item index208

1.Fromliberalismtointerventionism(1918–1939)

agriculturalproduction.Allofthis,togetherwiththeblockingofconvertibilityof

currencies,theconcealingofinflationbymeansofcompulsorydeliveries,theration

cardsystem,andblockingpricesandwagesresultedinadrasticdeteriorationinthe

qualityoflife,andinthelossofasignificant,hardtoestimatepartofthedevelop-

mentpotential.Inaddition,thefinancialandmonetarysystembasedonthezloty

currency,relativelylowcustomsbarriers,andthepossibilityofconductingliberal

economicpolicywasdestroyed.

In1918,after123yearsofpartitions,theSecondPolishRepublicemergedasan

independentpoliticalentityseekingitsownplaceinaworldfullofsocial,political,

ideologicalandeconomicconflicts.Itwaspossiblemainlythankstoaparticularly

favourablecombinationofinternationalcircumstances.Asaresultoflosingthewar

bythecentralstates,thethreemaindynastiesoftheHabsburgs,Hohenzollernsand

Romanovscollapsed.Nationalliberationmovementsspreadoutthroughouttheir

territories.Germany,RussiaandAustro-Hungary,whoattheendofthe18thcentury

dividedamongthemselvestheformerpowerofthePolish-LithuanianCommonwealth

(CrownofthePolishKingdomandGrandDuchyofLithuaniawithacommonmon-

arch,coatofarms,parliament,currency,foreignanddefencepolicyandseparate:

treasury,offices,armyandjudiciary)weakenedbywarsandpoliticalsolutionsfavour-

inginternaldisputes,losttheirprevioussignificance.AnindependentPolandcould

emergeasademocraticrepublicandaliberal-capitalistentity,althoughunderstrong

pressurefrompartiesimbuedwithleftistideology.

Thenewcountrywithapoorlydevelopedagro-industrialeconomy,population

closetothepre-partitionperiod,hadtofaceseriousexternalandinternaldevelop-

mentchallengesandthreats.Theformerresultedfromthepolitical,economicand

socialconsequencesoftheFirstWorldWar.Theymeantthatinthefaceofferocious

neighbourlyconflictsandthePolish-Sovietwar,itwasnecessarytomarktheborders

ofthestate.Intheeast,theabsorbentmarketinthelandsoftheformerKingdomof

Polandwaslost.Acommuniststatewasestablished—SovietRussia,withitsaspira-

tionstodestroythemarketeconomy,decideaboutwhat,howmuch,how,forwhom

toproduceandsharethefruitsofwork,imposeatheisticideology,andinstallbyforce

atotalitarianstate,notonlyinPoland.ItwasalsonecessarytostrugglewithGerman

revisionism,ahistoricallyestablishedtendencytohegemonyandexpansiontothe

east,aswellaswithuniversalismthatdespisesPolishspiritualcultureandnational

aspirations.

Variousinternalchallengeswereassociatedprimarilywiththeunificationandin-

tegrationoftheinfrastructureanditsdevelopment,withthereductionofdisparities

inthestructureoftheeconomy,andwitheconomicandsocialdevelopmentwithin

thepost-partitionterritoriesofPoland,withindustrialisationandmodernisation

oftheeconomydevastatedbywarandtheplunder,andaftersubsequent10yearsby

thegreateconomiccrisisof1929–1933.Itwasadditionallyoverlappedbygreatsocial

problemsrelatedtopoverty,agrarianoverpopulation,illiteracy,andsocialdemands

ofstrongauthoritiesreadytosolvesocialissues.Marketmechanismsunsupportedby

economicinterventionismwouldnotbeabletomeettheseextraordinarychallenges.

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