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governmentsin1994-1997andlaterin2002-2023),hepracticallypursuedthe
genuineinterestsofPoland,correspondingtoitsgeographicalandgeostrategic
position,historicalexperienceandlong-termtrendsinthedevelopmentofthe
world.Thesearethefoundationsforthesuccessofboth,thecountryandthe
politician.Butthesefoundationscanbedevelopedandstrengthened,ortheycan
belevelled.Nothingisgivenonceandforall.Thisisalsoanimportantconclusion
ofthebookinquestionbyGrzegorzW
.Kolodko,whichwastranslatedintomany
languages,nominatedfortheMichaelHarringtonPrizeDforanoutstandingbook
thatdemonstrateshowscholarshipcanbeusedinthestruggleforabetterworld”
andremainsanactivetoolforinfluencingminds.
AndonemoreofthekeypointsthatdetermineGrzegorzW
.Kolodko’s
understandingoftheworlddynamicsandhisattitudetospecificevents.This
position,asauniversalpremise,hoversintheauthor’smind,andthusshouldalso
hoverinthereaders’thinking:Deverythinghappensasithappens,becausemany
thingshappenatthesametime”.Themovementoftheworldismadeupofbillions
ofdifferenteventsthatoccurasaresultoftheconfluenceofvariousfactors.Itis
auniversalchaos.Butwithinthischaosthereisacertainbundleofeventsthatleads
toacertainoutcome.Andthetaskis,onthebasisofstudyingwhatwasinthepast
andwhatishappeningnow,totrytodefineouractionsinsuchawayastocreate
suchabundleofphenomenaandprocessesthatwillleadtothedesireddirection
andpaceofsocio-economicdevelopment.Inaddressingtheseissues,thetriad
Dvalues-institutions-policy”proposedbytheauthor,isofparticularimportance,it
reflectsthenodalpointsanditsupportsactivitiesaimedatthegoalsofsocietyand
humandevelopment.
GrzegorzW
.Kolodko’sbooksarenotanexaminationofindividualproblems
andfragmentsoftheworldeconomy,butacontinuousprocessofresearchofthe
worldinmotion.Andinthiscontext,quitenaturally,thequestionarises:whereis
theworldgoing?ItwasunderthistitlethatthebookWhithertheWorld:ThePolitical
EconomyoftheFuturewaspublishedbyPalgraveMacmillan(Kolodko2014a).
Nowthisquestionalreadysoundslikeabell.Itsoundssobecauseatthattimethe
questionposedbyGrzegorzW
.Kolodkowasnottakenseriouslybytheleadersof
theworld’sdestiny.Itseemedthateverythingwasgoingquitenormally.Inthelast
chapterofthisbookthequestionisput:DIstherea«happyending»waitingforus?”
Andtheauthor’sanswer:no.
Thereisnoendtohistory,afterall,justasthereisn’tanytodivisionsanddifferences
inviewpointsbetweentheproponentsofprogressandreaction,betweenthewise
andthefoolish,betweentheyoungandtheold,becausethereareongoingconflicts
ofinterestandantagonismsbetweenthepoorandtherich,betweentheUSAand
China,betweenneoliberalismandstatecapitalism,betweenoldideologyandNew
Pragmatism.Betweenevilandgood(Kolodko2014a:423).
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