Word: balcerowicz
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...Thursday's ceremony at the Polish Embassy in Washington, D.C., Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Leszek Balcerowicz presented the award to Sachs and David Lipton, who also served as an economic advisor during those years...
...much as 40% this year; thus there is particular resentment at the debt incurred during the communist years. These nations want more forgiveness from the West. "At this stage of such radical change, the West could be crucial in determining the future course here," says Polish Finance Minister Leszek Balcerowicz...
Walesa is trying to win the support of intellectuals, who bristle at his populist style, by meeting with them and urging them to give "a newcomer" a chance. He has even suggested that if elected he will ask Leszek Balcerowicz, the Finance Minister and architect of the austerity measures that are at the center of Poland's economic-reform plan, to be the next Prime Minister. Some Poles view that as a welcome promise of continuity in economic policy; others see it as proof that Walesa's campaign is inspired more by personal ambition than the desire to make significant...