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Who and why writers scenarios for the future…

Who and why writers scenarios for the future…

Written by: Jan Winiecki in: Economy

There is a greater demand and supply for prophets, visionaries, specialists thinking about future and even journalists who let their imagination run free in times of higher uncertainty. We live in such times; no wonder that there is a plethora of various scenarios and forecasts. It also applies to economy.

Many of them are not grounded [...]

Floods and Economy

Floods and Economy

Written by: Jan Winiecki in: Economy

It is always good to think in economic terms – even in the time of flood. It is always good to think economicallay – before the flood, after the flood and without the flood too. Upon the whole, if one thinks economically, they are usually flooded with interesting prospects.

In concern that we all should be [...]

Strategies, scenarios and predictions: between science and mythology

Strategies, scenarios and predictions: between science and mythology

Written by: Jan Winiecki in: Economy

Pitfalls of one scenario or projection
The following considerations do not aspire to give  a systematic presentation of prognostication issues. Nevertheless, having been relatively close to this area since 1970s (i.e.: in the Committee ‘Poland 2000’ at Polish Academy of Sciences PAN) I believe I posses certain observations in the  matter, which are worth presenting to [...]

Towards the liberal capitalist order

Towards the liberal capitalist order

Written by: Jan Winiecki in: Thought

Explanation
The author owns “Liberte” readers an explanation. As I took part, from the very first days of the transformation (or even much earlier), in various liberal program trials and errors, I created, sometimes alone, sometimes with others, numerous proposals concerning such a program. At first they were obviously proposals concerning systemic changes, but from the [...]

Economy is always social…

Economy is always social…

Written by: Jan Winiecki in: Economy

In recent times the concept of social economy has been gaining more and more of somewhat obsessive media coverage and actually it is still one of the few useful EU projects. According to its original formula, in a social economy people’s economic activity should not be motivated by profit-making. The less radical concept of the [...]

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