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Vol. 47 No. 4 (2019)

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Was there an Alternative to the Balcerowicz Plan? Shaping the Economic Policy of Solidarity Camp in 1989

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35757/STP.2019.47.4.04
Submitted: April 20, 2020
Published: December 27, 2019

Abstract

The article describes the shaping of the Solidarity’s economic policy in 1989 (from the elections in June until the implementation of the assumptions of the so-called Balcerowicz plan). The analysis includes both discussions between economists who support the Solidarity movement (such as Leszek Balcerowicz, Janusz Beksiak and Ryszard Bugaj) and the influence of international financial institutions and foreign creditors of Poland (such as the International Monetary Fund). The article presents the history of adopting neoliberal patterns of transformation, such as a centrally controlled economy and free market.

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