This is the first comprehensive study of the economics and politics of postsocialism in thirty transition countries in Europe and Asia. The author, the architect of Poland's successful reforms, compares initial conditions, shifting target models, paths to reform, and progress to date. He offers sensible policy alternatives to the Washington Consensus.

From Shock to Therapy: The Political Economy of Postsocialist Transformation (WIDER Studies in Development Economics)

Business & Money

Kolodko, Grzegorz W.

Economics

Oxford University Press

The study deals with challenging questions of long-term future of global economy and the mankind. Focusing not only on what happens in the economic sphere but also on cultural, social, political, demographic, technological, and ecological processes. It employs a holistic approach to answer fundamental questions about the course of the future.

Whither the World: the Political Economy of the Future

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Kolodko, former finance minister of Poland, considers the links between issues of globalization and post-communist transition, the two most important economic features of the turn of the century. He discusses the pattern of economic growth and contraction of the past fifty years, and reviews the options for the next half century. He accounts for the severity of the transitional recession in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union as a result of both the legacies of the past and current policy mistakes, but demonstrates how structural reforms and gradual institutional building have enabled some postsocialist economies to recover. He proposes that, within the wider context of globalization, several of these emerging market economies will be able to catch up with the more advanced industrial countries, but emphasizes the need for quality growth policies and continuing coordination between development strategies and efforts toward structural reform. Grzegorz W. Kolodko is John C. Evans Professor in European Studies at the University of Rochester, and Director of TIGER -- Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research -- at the Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management (WSPiZ).

Globalization and Catching-Up in Transition Economies (Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe, 2)

Reference

University of Rochester Press

Post-Communist Transition: The Thorny Road treats the historical endeavor to transform state-controlled economies to new institutional arrangements of free market economies. This ongoing transition is an indispensable part of globalization. The recession created by the transition has lasted much longer than expected, contraction was deeper than earlier assumed, and the recovery was not -- and in some cases still is not -- as smooth as envisaged by both the relevant governments and international organizations. Instead of recovery and robust growth, the lasting recession has turned out to be the Great Transitional Depression, continuing in several countries over the entire decade ofthe 1990s. It is important that the effects have been felt most severely in the two countries with the largest economies -- Russia and Ukraine. The author presents a series of articles that examine the underlying roots of these processes, especially from the viewpoint of policy options for the future and their political and technical constraints.

Post-Communist Transition: The Thorny Road (Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe) (Volume 1)

China and the Future of Globalization: The Political Economy of China's Rise

An FT SUMMER READ 2020 The forces of globalization have transformed the world economically, but in the West politics is becoming increasingly fractured as living standards stagnate for all but the very wealthy. As a result, alienation and nationalism are on the rise. China, in the meantime, has become the most powerful economy in the world from the same forces of globalization which have imprisoned the west. Here, Grzegorz W. Kolodko parses the economic system in China and brings his uniquely clear and far sighted analysis to bear on the global economy. Through a qualitative and extensive quantitative economic analysis of the global economy, and it's tilt towards Asia, Kolodko offers prescriptions on how the west can learn from China's approach, and make globalization work for citizens once more. An essential book for scholars and students of political economy, from one of the West's most authoritative scholars and practitioners. Translated by Joanna Luczak

I.B.Tauris

The forces of globalization have transformed the world economically, but in the West politics is becoming increasingly fractured as living standards stagnate for all but the very wealthy. As a result, alienation and nationalism are on the rise. China, in the meantime, has become the most powerful economy in the world from the same forces of globalization which have imprisoned the west. Here, Grzegorz W. Kolodko parses the economic system in China and brings his uniquely clear and far sighted analysis to bear on the global economy. Through a qualitative and extensive quantitative economic analysis of the global economy, and it's tilt towards Asia, Kolodko offers prescriptions on how the west can learn from China's approach, and make globalization work for citizens once more. An essential book for scholars and students of political economy, from one of the West's most authoritative scholars and practitioners.

Humanity faces epoch-making challenges arising from the convergence of demographic, social, economic, ecological and political megatrends, which are additionally superimposed by the fatal COVID-19 pandemic and the new Cold War. Traditional economic thought is not able to cope with them. In the conditions of irreversible globalization, these challenges are met by the original concept of a new pragmatism - a peculiar interface between economic theory and practical economic policy for sustainable development. Grzegorz W. Kolodko, an outstanding economist with a world-wide reputation, a public intellectual, successful politician and a globetrotter who has explored the world - clearly writes what is happening in the economy and why, on its links with society and politics, environment, security, culture and technology. The work devotes due attention to the rise of China and the consequences of its global expansion. The unique interdisciplinary approach to the issues discussed makes this book a fascinating read for all professionals interested in the future of a rapidly changing world.

The Quest for Development Success: Bridging Theoretical Reasoning with Economic Practice

Lexington Books

Political Economy of New Pragmatism: Implications of Irreversible Globalization (Springer Studies in Alternative Economics)

Springer

Global Consequences of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: The Economics and Politics of the Second Cold War

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From Shock to Therapy: The Political Economy of Postsocialist Transformation (WIDER Studies in Development Economics)

Whither the World: the Political Economy of the Future

Globalization and Catching-Up in Transition Economies (Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe, 2)

Post-Communist Transition: The Thorny Road (Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe) (Volume 1)

China and the Future of Globalization: The Political Economy of China's Rise

China and the Future of Globalization: The Political Economy of China's Rise

The Quest for Development Success: Bridging Theoretical Reasoning with Economic Practice

Political Economy of New Pragmatism: Implications of Irreversible Globalization (Springer Studies in Alternative Economics)

Global Consequences of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: The Economics and Politics of the Second Cold War