Lessons from the Polish way of transformation
Lessons from the Polish way of transformation

Summary/Abstract: The article compares the characteristics of state and market-driven coordination. It derivesfrom them the need to return to capitalism. The author describes the role of the state in the processof market liberalization of the centrally planned economy, the dilemmas of state modernization,the problems emerging from the overstressed dynamics of the transition to the market. Against thisbackground, the main features of Polish transformation have been described and the mistakes madehave been identified. The author also answers the question of whether the choice of an alternativemodel of capitalism was possible than that proposed by the Washington consensus. The author postulatesthe use of the conclusions of the critical analysis of the Polish way of transformation in thenew wave of reform of the economy and the functioning of the public sector in Poland.

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