Abstract
The anniversary of the launch of transition in Poland is a good opportunity for summarizing
the changes that have occurred in Polish economics and the Polish economy
over the last twenty years. The author believes that certain processes cannot be understood
without providing a broader historical background to them. Therefore, the
aim of this paper is to present what the author believes to be the most important
trends in the development of the Polish economy and Polish economics not only in
the postwar period, but also before World War II. Polish economics and the Polish
economy have undergone transformation over two decades of transition. In this period,
Polish economists began to adapt their research to major trends of modern economics.
A majority of them agreed to the concepts of mainstream economics. The
main weakness of Polish economics continues to be the limited number of publications
in prestigious English-language periodicals. In effect, Polish economics continues
to be little known in the world.
JEL classification numbers: B 24, N 14, P 30.
