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When Poland in 1999 reformed its pension system it displayed –despite some important mistakes that we will elaborate further– not only a courageous vision, but created a system that is inherently healthy and was an important investment in all the future generations. Pensions were...

I spent almost a decade in Poland, and live the last two years in Dublin, one of Europe’s financial centres. This allows me almost the viewpoint from an outsider on Poland. Poland is both a cherished example in Europe and an economy that worries its European partners.
Poland was...

Poland was the ONLY country in the EU to avoid recession in 2009. In 2010 we expect again the record level in Europe (around 2% GDP growth). How was such an economic top performance possible?

Probably the most important aspect was that Poland had a relative low debt ratio (about 50%...