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Poland's economy in the pandemic

Pawel Bukowski and Wojciech Paczos


The Polish economy has largely managed to avoid the pandemic-induced troubles experienced in Western Europe. But as Pawel Bukowski and Wojtek Paczos argue, contrary to government claims of able stewardship, what has got the country through relatively unscathed is a combination of good fortune, making GDP a priority over health and restrictions centred more on personal freedoms than economic freedoms.


15 October 2021     Paper Number CEPCP615

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This CentrePiece article is published under the centre's Labour programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: Labour market dynamics