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[edit] Discrepancy between table and text

In the right-hand table, the figure for people in agriculture is 16%, vs 27% in text.


[edit] Debt

Public debt Is the 231 billion the right number? On the Finance Ministry page states that public debt is 461 160,5 mln PLN which is equal to 146 billion US dollars.

It is likely that the article uses outdated info - feel free to be bold and correct the article (and please cite sources like you did above).--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 21:58, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greatest success story

I severely doubt the validity of the statement "Poland has steadfastly pursued a policy of economic liberalization throughout the 1990s and today stands out as the greatest success story among the former communist states." Besides the fact that it's unsourced, it also seems very POV. Firstly, other post-Communist economies are better off than Poland, including virtually all of the new EU member states (particularly Czechia and Hungary). Also, Poland does not do astoundingly well at any other indicator, such as foreign investment, to make it "the" greatest success story. In fact, even though the region as a whole can be seen as a success story, I'd say Poland, particularly in the last few years, has done less well than could've been possible. Countries such as Slovakia and Estonia are more potent "success stories", as are the Czech Republic and Slovenia. Sure, Poland has come a long way, and has often been a pioneer in economic liberalisation in the region, but that alone does not warrant it being called the greatest success story in the region. Ronline ✉ 08:38, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Indeed, see Wikipedia:Avoid peacock terms. -- Beland 05:41, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Agriculture GDP stat

Accuracy dispute
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The contribution of agriculture is given variously as 2.8% and 3.8%, and neither instance has a citation. -- Beland 05:38, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GDP history

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Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion. (January 2007)

European Union has countries ranked by per-capita GDP. It would be interesting to see the history of Poland's per-capita GDP to judge the influence of various political changes. -- Beland 05:38, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Source

It seems the text has been copied verbatim from another source (in example, http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2875.htm). Could you please specify as reference the site from where the text was taken? The article is currently listed at Suspected copyright violations, and it would help to know exactly the source. Thanks. -- ReyBrujo 16:39, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Completeness

There is some information on the Poland Page under economy that seem to go further than what is written here? Is a extension of this article necessary?

[edit] Recent reforms?

What about recent reforms? Wasn't there a change in income tax brackets? 90.190.225.121 (talk) 18:12, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

The government promises to lower income tax rates beginning with January 2009 (from 19/30/40 to 18/28). This year, only social insurance rate has been lowered. Sliwers (talk) 20:52, 5 June 2008 (UTC)