Scientific Review: Joanna Rutecka-Góra (Ed.), “Długoterminowe oszczędzanie. Postawy, strategie i wyzwania” [Long-term saving. Attitudes, strategies and challenges], Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw 2016, 354 pages
Scientific Review: Joanna Rutecka-Góra (Ed.), “Długoterminowe oszczędzanie. Postawy, strategie i wyzwania” [Long-term saving. Attitudes, strategies and challenges], Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw 2016, 354 pages

Summary/Abstract: The monograph edited by Dr Joanna Rutecka-Góra is a valuable work, which discusses up-to-date and valid subjects. For this reason, the work is valid contribution to both the academic discussion and public debate over the target pension system model in Poland and the strategy of building long-term savings. This is of essence from both the micro- and macro-economic perspective. Undoubtedly, the problems addressed in the work, analysed from multiple and varied research perspectives, are its essential strength. The work displays some drawbacks, which primarily result from it being a post conference product. With the multiple papers which make up the monograph, written by various authors, the research problem discussed in the monograph, even though it relates to a single theme of long-term saving, is strongly dispersed. The substantive level of the chapters is varied, and so is the level of methodological advancement of empirical research whose results are presented in the papers. One has to admit that the said multiplicity of authors and variety of research perspectives presented in each chapter, even though it may have the aforesaid advantages and faults, seems to be very difficult to avoid in post-conference collective works. For this reason, the final assessment of the monograph edited by Dr Joanna Rutecka-Góra results from a combination of those strengths and drawbacks. There is no doubt that the former considerably outweigh the latter. Therefore, the monograph is worth recommending to all those who deal with long-term saving whether on account of their scientific or business activity, and who are interested in the issues of pension economics and finance.

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