Ryszard Petru has written a book: “The economy will win.” It advertises it as a “handbook to the Polish economy”. I haven’t read it yet, but it’s probably a real party that won’t go unnoticed. After all, the founder and former leader of Nowoczesna is an original figure who animates our public debate in a way that is impossible to fake.
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But does Ryszard Petru know the economy? Is he even an interlocutor in this area? Well, doubts are serious even before you read his book.
A few days ago, Petru proposed to privatize everything left in the hands of our state:
The simplest and most necessary source of additional income for the economy would be the privatization of pseudo-strategic companies: Orlen, PKO BP, Pekao SA or power companies. Privatization revenues would reduce debt levels, but could not be used for current expenditure. More can be obtained from this source PLN 100 billion.
he announced. What is 100 Billion? This is more or less as much as Poland gains in a year by shutting down the tax system under the rule of PiS. And for this amount, our “economic guru” wants to give away Polish national silver, which today makes it possible to conduct at least a minimal independent economic policy.
But let’s move on. In the following post, Petru, in response to the criticism, states:
There are idiotic suggestions that privatization means purchase by Putin. I hasten to tell you that the purchase by Putin is not privatization. There is no cure for stupidity and lack of knowledge…
This last sentence is valuable, such a drug does not exist. After all, the fear is not that we will sell to Putin, but that we will sell to Western companies first, and then the next cyclical crisis or other turbulence, which will let it go further, and ultimately strategic companies in the hands of the Kremlin.
The whole economic concept of the Polish liberals is misguided. It ignores the peripherality of the Polish economy in relation to financial centers, does not notice the overload associated with our location and ignores the experience of countries that have successfully risen to the top of the world (eg South Korea). It’s a patchwork of naive claims, often uttered only to gain applause in their own bubble. Petru represents it in its purest and therefore simplest form. And unfortunately, it confirms that it is impossible to find a common language with these people.
Maybe because it followers long gone theories, no real economists? You’d probably laugh if it weren’t for the risk of these crazy proposals of yours actually being carried out.
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Source: wPolityce