Progress in achieving institutional changes should be evaluated through the prism of their influence on the development abilities of the relevant country. In Poland, during 20 years of comprehensive systemic shift, GDP increased more than in any other postsocialist country. To judge the...

Economics is not only a means of interpreting the past, but it must become an instrument for shaping the future, too. It should show inevitable future economic processes, with their links to culture, technology, and environment. With theoretical knowledge of this area, strategies of...

Over 1.8 billion people — from Central Europe to East Asia — have been involved in the great systemic transformation to market economy, civic society and democracy, lasting already a generation. The process has evolved more by chance than by design, and has brought mixed fruits. The...

[fre] La mutation post-socialiste . La mutation systémique post-socialiste est un processus historique de transition progressive d’une économie socialiste planifiée fondée sur la domination de la propriété d’État vers une économie de marché capitaliste. C’est un processus...

[eng] Postsocialist Transformation . The postsocialist systemic transformation is a historic process of gradual transition from centrally-planned socialist economy based on the domination of state ownership and bureaucratic regulation to capitalist free-market economy based on the domination of...

A piaci rendszerbe való átmenet hosszadalmas folyamat, amely a gazdasági tevékenységek széles skáláját foglalja magában. A piacgazdaságban nem csupán liberális szabályozásra és magántulajdonra van szükség, hanem megfelelő intézményekre is. Emiatt az átalakulás csak...

Due to the interdependence of the contemporary world economy, the great American crisis of 2008-2010 rapidly has become the global crisis. However, it is not just another, only larger than before crisis. It is a fundamental crisis of the capitalist market economy based on neoliberalism....

The globalisation of economic relationships and the systemic transformation in post-socialist countries are two interlacing processes and a mark of the turn of the century. Globalisation, that is, the institutional and real integration of national and regional markets into a single worldwide...

Years after commencement of the systemic reforms in Central East Europe and the former Soviet Union the main question on the way of conducting reforms remains: gradualism or radicalism? Unfortunately many countries decided to embark on a radical way of transformation which resulted in a number...

Institutions are not only created and built, but also, and especially, need to be learnt. It is a process which takes place in all economies, but acquires a special importance in less advanced countries. Not only theoretical arguments, but also the practical experience over the past 15 years...