The Challenge of Political and Economic Change in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe |
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Authors: | Richard J. Hunter Suffix" >Jr.,Brother Leo V. Ryan |
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Affiliation: | (1) Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A.;(2) De Paul University, 1E. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | This article discusses political and economic changes in Poland, Central and Eastern Europe emerging since the demise of the ‘closed system’ in 1989. The presentation explores the range of change, the method and the sequence of change. General lessons in economic transition as identified by Polish Finance Minister Lezak Balcerowicz are discussed. The challenges involved in macroeconomic stabilization, radical liberalization, currency convertibility, subsidy reduction and conversion of state-owned enterprises are reviewed. Despite their complexity, economic and political reforms proved necessary and inevitable. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | Balcerowicz economic transformation nomenklatura privatization stabilization |
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