Jacek Żakowski on the path to economic success

The basis for Poland's economic success is not its economy but its social capital, including solidarity and education, writes Jacek Żakowski in the online edition of the liberal daily Gazeta Wyborcza: "Demography, human relations, intellectual capital: in the past 20 years we have carelessly exploited these aspects. ... And today we have a problem that can't be ignored. It must be dealt with by laying out plans for the years to come. We don't need a big bang. All we need is to create conditions in which Poles need no longer be afraid to have children, and in which children attending nurseries and schools learn more about working together rather than competition. Conditions in which the most talented students study at university, not the wealthiest, and in which the state represents public interests in the long term rather than the interests of individual groups which continue to influence our politics and media."

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