THE WRONG GOVERNMENT AT THE WRONG TIME?

摘要

The star pupil. That was Poland's rep-utation in the years that followed the collapse of communism in Central Europe and the Soviet Union. Under the guidance of the Solidarity Movement and its heirs, Polish policymakers seemed to do everything right. They flung open the borders to foreign investment, shed price controls, auctioned off state properties, and enforced a tight-money policy to smother inflation. If the pain was immense, so was the payoff. Poland has turned into one of Europe's low-cost manufacturing centers and has emerged as a top candidate from Central Europe to enter the European Union first.