Eastern Europe: Economic Social and Political Dynamics

68 Pages·1993·3.5 MB·English

by  Leszek Balcerowicz

Eastern Europe: Economic,
Social and Political Dynamics
LESZEK BALCEROWICZ
The Sixth
M.B. Grabowski
Memorial Lecture
School of Slavonic and East European Studies
University of London
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Eastern Europe: Economic, Social
and Political Dynamics
The Sixth MB. Grabowski
Memorial Lecture

Eastern Europe:
Economic, Social and Political Dynamics
A Lecture
in English
and Polish
LESZEK BALCEROWICZ
School of Slavonic and East European Studies
University of London
1993
EASTERN EUROPE:
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DYNAMICS
Leszek Balcerowicz
Eastern Europe
Economic, Social and Political Dynamics
© School of Slavonic and East European Studies 1993
ISBN: 0 903425 33 5
FOREWORD
On 27 November 1992 Dr Leszek Balcerowicz, Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister of Finance in Poland in the years 1989-91, delivered the 6th
M.B. Grabowski Memorial Lecture in the Chancellor’s Hall, Senate
House. Dr Jacek Rostowski and Mr Alan Smith, both economists at the
School, were chair and discussant respectively.
This volume constitutes a Polish and English version of the lecture
delivered in the Senate House, together with the ensuing discussion. The
School would like to acknowledge the work of Ms Gosia Furlong in
translating the lecture into Polish and to thank the Trustees of the M.B.
Grabowski Fund both for their financial support of the Lecture and for
assisting in the publication of this volume.
M.A. Branch
Director
School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London
October 1993

CONTENTS
ENGLISH TEXT
Introduction to the Lecture 1
Jacek Rostowski
Eastern Europe:
Economic, Social and Political Dynamics 3
Leszek Balcerowicz
Response to the Lecture 19
Alan Smith
Questions and Answers 22
POLISH TEXT
Wst^p do wykladu 29
Jacek Rostowski
Europe Wschodnia:
przemiany gospodarcze, spoleczne i polityczne 31
Leszek Balcerowicz
Komentarz do wykladu 47
Alan Smith
Pytania i odpowiedzi 50
Publications 56
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