Abstract
Thirty years of Poland’s economic development in new political conditions is a good opportunity to study the course of the economic development process. This article presents the results of research that takes into account macroeconomic indicators that synthesize important development categories. These indicators concern the demographic situation (population, natural increase, economic activity and unemployment rate), economy (GDP, inflation, number of business entities, investment outlays, budget deficit) and standard of living of the population (remuneration, housing situation, cars). In the study, a graphic method of time series analysis was applied, i.e. a connected trajectory, allowing a synthetic assessment of development processes in terms of aspects that express the considered features. Presentation of the research results is preceded by a presentation of the causes of transformation and an indication of development factors and conditions, in particular after 1989. The study is general and synthetic and does not take into account the details that had an impact on the situation described by the size of the indicators taken into account.
Highlights
The present reality shows variability and diversity in time and space
Chronology is the domain of history, while chorology is the domain of geography
The cognitive goal is important because the period of development lasting almost 30 years, which can be called the socio-economic transformation of Poland or the socio-economic development in the new system conditions, probably ended in 2019
Summary
Polish literature concerning the Polish transformation is extremely rich and diverse. Works on the analysis of economic and social development since 1990 cover different periods. Publications often refer to ongoing transformation plans and projects, which sometimes leads to, probably unintentionally, taking into account the political context. This primarily applies to those authors who, at a certain time, were associated to a varying degree with the structures of the changing power (Zagora-Jonsza, 2017). Despite these reservations, there are publications which describe the economic development of Poland after 1989 in various generic cross-sections. It will be possible to conduct a more detailed analysis of development processes than it would seem from the presented text
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