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Andrzej Rzońca

Andrzej Rzońca is a professor at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) in Warsaw, Poland. He heads the Department of International Comparative Studies and was chair of the Society of Polish Economists. His expertise focuses on monetary policy and macroeconomics, and he served on the Monetary Policy Council at the National Bank of Poland during the Euro area sovereign debt crisis and the early phase of the war in Ukraine. His research has been recognised with major Polish economics awards, including the Citibank Foundation Kronenberg Prize and the Polish Academy of Sciences Fryderyk Skarbek Prize.
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Populism Hurts Growth, Even When the Economy Looks Strong

Ido Baum
In new research, Ido Baum, Leszek Balcerowicz, Jakub Karnowski and Andrzej Rzońca assess how Poland achieved economic growth with a populist government. They argue that the economic success is misleading and Poland’s leading party passed harmful policies that affect the country’s long-term growth opportunities. 

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