Could Poland Become The Next Germany? 🇵🇱

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @EconomicsExplained
    @EconomicsExplained  Год назад +63

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    • @tadzik6762
      @tadzik6762 Год назад +7

      8:48 Could you please reupload this video with fixed map or do something else to repair your mistake? Sorry, but it's just awful to look how wrong outline of China is (And Sudan and Kosovo actually).

    • @dilldev
      @dilldev Год назад +2

      @economicsexplained You might want to remove the link to the Hubspot ChatGPT guide. It’s really terribly written and full of misleading info. Whoever signed off on publishing that did not understand the platform or capabilities. The author relied too heavily on generative AI, and they got hallucinations in response.

    • @TheRezro
      @TheRezro Год назад +2

      Despite Polish politics being bit shizo (it take some time Western investors realize that they should ignore political drama). Poland actually did have decent economists and academics. It is why Poland actually is a meritocracy, where legislature is voted after preparation according to legislative office (experts). Furthermore we need remember that Poland WAS a successful free market economy prior to WW2. And as such many people who actually know hoe capitalism work, were here. Just not officially for obvious reasons. It is why Poland has shockingly docent banking system. Which is why it was not affected by economic crisis of 2008.

    • @Jump-n-smash
      @Jump-n-smash Год назад

      Would love to see an analysis of Portugal on this channel.

    • @rogink
      @rogink Год назад +1

      @@TheRezro I'm not sure that Polish politics is any more 'shitzo' than any other part of Europe!
      I'd be interested to learn how many Polish people have actually returned there. Here in UK my Polish friends are, well, still here!

  • @Blanka1100
    @Blanka1100 Год назад +1584

    Poand has never been "soviet republic" because it has never been a part of a country called USSR unlike Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, Belarus or Georgia. Poland was soviet satelite state just like East Germany or Chechoslovakia. Forced to live under Moscow's commands but still a separate country with its own land, borders, flags, anthem, political leaders.

    • @m_sedziwoj
      @m_sedziwoj Год назад +60

      From economic perspective it make no difference. Nothing on shells and corruption, if you want something better/new you had to know people to get (not stricte give them money, but they would give limited stock to people they know, so they would get similar treatment)

    • @Blanka1100
      @Blanka1100 Год назад +225

      Economic perspective is not the only one. I write it as a Pole. Calling us "sovet republic" is pure ignorance and an insult. It does matter to us. @@m_sedziwoj

    •  Год назад +71

      ​@@m_sedziwojthe economic difference is important as well. The USSR was richer, had a different currency, different economic model, particularly in agriculture, but also in industry, where USSR had much more centralized and monopolized heavy industry, so it was more difficult to kick start capitalistic competition. Poland was effectively the USSR's colony. Or one could argue USSR's republics were a more integrated layer of colonies of Russia proper, while other Eastern Block countries were the outer ring of colonies.

    • @dannyc2488
      @dannyc2488 Год назад +48

      This is the kind of proof reading and checking they should be doing at the research stage. Quick search = Poland was not a Soviet Republic.

    • @2bfrank657
      @2bfrank657 Год назад +12

      I thought they stated that at the start. Did they contradict themselves later on?

  • @johnh9805
    @johnh9805 Год назад +935

    Poland is an amazing country! Just discovered this in my first visit this year. I love Poland and it's people! 🇵🇱

    • @Anonymous-bb8mg
      @Anonymous-bb8mg Год назад +92

      I respect Polish people. They don't want terrorism, drugs and knife crime in their country. They are trying to stop their cities from turning into third world sht oles

    • @Champ092
      @Champ092 Год назад

      Everyone can be racist, but racism should be in moderation, not going after you just because you want to see their f country and see historical sites,i didn't fly for 10 hrs to beg for your money, I came to spend money in your shitty economy.

    • @tilllindemann7945
      @tilllindemann7945 Год назад +30

      I have split feelings, i work with a lot of poles and they are all some of my absolute favorite people with their no bullshit attitude and dry humor but I have also been there a few times and the number of flat-out rude and unfriendly people I have encountered was also a bit shocking.

    • @MaximusAugustusOrthodox
      @MaximusAugustusOrthodox Год назад

      @@travisfubu9053Poland wants a nation with polish people. You are very ignorant and stupid if you call them racists, just study the history of Poland. They have every right to be careful about immigrants and foreigners they don’t know. And if you watch what happens in Germany, France and UK you will see Poland did everything right.

    • @trailblazer3889
      @trailblazer3889 Год назад +8

      You must love racists

  • @lpoffline
    @lpoffline Год назад +378

    One mistake: Poland is not a former soviet state, it was in the eastern block, but not the part of the soviet union like the Baltics, Ukraine etc.

    • @krisfekete4940
      @krisfekete4940 Год назад +5

      It was said that Poland hasn't adopted Euro yet, like these former soviet states (Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia), but not that Poland was a soviet state.

    • @podunkman2709
      @podunkman2709 Год назад

      Who put it in "eastern block"?
      Poland was occupied by russian gangrene thanks to Roosvelt and Churchill. Poles hate commies gangrene... Well, most of them because there are a lot of leftist lovers (the ones who tells you "there's no democracy and freedom" in Poland)

    • @jqbk
      @jqbk Год назад +9

      @@krisfekete4940: 7:58

    • @LMB222
      @LMB222 Год назад +1

      Bloc, not block. The French spelling is because of … history , I guess.

    • @furno_2761
      @furno_2761 10 месяцев назад

      also 0:35

  • @hokusai4687
    @hokusai4687 Год назад +3224

    We’ve tried to make Poland Germany a few different times and it never ends that well 🤷‍♂️

    • @zawiszaczarny7876
      @zawiszaczarny7876 Год назад +252

      We meaning whom, and how exactly? and no we Poles ain't interested in becoming Germany nor did we ever were or tried.
      Germany had totally diffrent economic model, focusing heavy on car industry, cheap Russian gas and it is vastly pumped above it's weight with that EU domination that secured them monopol on exports and preferential treatments from EU bodies for years.

    • @Njrocks00
      @Njrocks00 Год назад +62

      XD

    • @SoloTURK11
      @SoloTURK11 Год назад +481

      @@zawiszaczarny7876its a joke…

    • @szaszm_
      @szaszm_ Год назад +51

      ​@@zawiszaczarny7876 I think Germany is rich because it exports a lot, while currency appreciation is kept in check by other less export-heavy EU economies that also use the Euro. Exporting a lot means they get rich, and they definitely benefit a lot from being part of the EU. But I think the EU benefits as well.

    • @jeremyhellen8234
      @jeremyhellen8234 Год назад +214

      ​@@zawiszaczarny7876 this was a historical joke based on the number of times Germany and pre-unification-german states have invaded and controlled Poland, especially the Second World War.

  • @everlyisla6056
    @everlyisla6056 Год назад +433

    I've been reading about the growing economy of Poland, and it's fascinating how they've been flourishing in recent years.

    • @henryalexander688
      @henryalexander688 Год назад +5

      Indeed, Poland has shown remarkable resilience and growth, especially when you compare it to the challenges faced by Russia's economy.

    • @addisonwillow1055
      @addisonwillow1055 Год назад +3

      It's clear that Poland has established itself as a robust player in the European economy. I wonder if there are opportunities for American investors and businesses to benefit from this growth.

    • @clintscott3300
      @clintscott3300 Год назад +1

      Well, I recently came across Loren Lena Walker, a financial advisor who specializes in international investments and market opportunities. She might be the right person to guide Americans in exploring Poland's economic potential.

    • @everlyisla6056
      @everlyisla6056 Год назад +2

      That's great to know. Poland's economy seems like a promising avenue for diversification.

    • @henryalexander688
      @henryalexander688 Год назад +4

      Absolutely. Diversifying investments and looking for opportunities in emerging markets like Poland can be a prudent move.

  • @ferentcristian6455
    @ferentcristian6455 Год назад +272

    I am rooting for Poland to succeed, love polish people. Greetings from Romania !

    • @ziemkakoska2288
      @ziemkakoska2288 Год назад

      Dziękuję w imieniu wszystkich Polakow za pozdrowienia, Polska ma teraz ciezkie czasy, Polonia z wlaszcza Niemiecka glosowala w wyborach na Tuska i mlode dziewczyny ktore nie znają polityki, Tysk moze rządzić, to bedzie tragedia dla Polski, a unia wymusza na wszystkich mniejszych panstwach, lamie wszelkie prawa unijne, zesmy wpadli w nie samowite bagno, obejrzyj jaka jest faktycznie unia, to diabel wcielony,,, FIRMA KTÓREJ PRACOWNICY BLAGAJA O POMOC,,?

    • @rafadrzewiecki1905
      @rafadrzewiecki1905 Год назад +2

      :)

    • @ThomasJ.StonewallJackson
      @ThomasJ.StonewallJackson Год назад +26

      We are rooting for Romania to succeed too. Respect from Poland

    • @sudowoodo7332
      @sudowoodo7332 Год назад

      @@ThomasJ.StonewallJackson Backstabbing your Hungarian brothers ? xD

    • @AS-010o0
      @AS-010o0 8 месяцев назад +2

      Thank brothers ❤We’re rooting For you too! Actually i just watched a Polish video on YT talking about Romania 🇷🇴 and how it’s on its on the positive path to outgrow Poland.

  • @OpEditorial
    @OpEditorial Год назад +161

    Poland is home to Andrzej Sapkowski and CD Projekt Red, the legendary creative team responsible for the video game *The Witcher*, and the book series that inspired it.

    • @EconomicsExplained
      @EconomicsExplained  Год назад +149

      Amazing books. It's a shame the TV show wasn't true to the source material. Don't even get me started on Blood Origin...

    • @ferentcristian6455
      @ferentcristian6455 Год назад

      @@EconomicsExplained you should play the games also. They are amazing. Only thing that disappoint is Netflix series.

    • @bullet1544
      @bullet1544 Год назад +12

      Cyberpunk 2077 - Phantom Liberty.
      I must say: one of the Best PC games ever (story, characters, music!!, graphics, animations...). After Update 2.0.

    • @elah1023
      @elah1023 Год назад +3

      @@EconomicsExplained You can always watch older Polish tv show. When it was released I thought it was poor thing, but comparing to Netflix s..t it`s still pretty cool.

    • @imkap1278
      @imkap1278 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@bullet1544 Playing the game again with Phantom Liberty and I have to say, the game is breathtaking now

  • @jesusch3531
    @jesusch3531 Год назад +210

    The only thing I missed in terms of econmy is Poland's rising power in the IT industry and more broadly, services.

    • @AnonimoslawAnonimowy
      @AnonimoslawAnonimowy Год назад +6

      I don't know. The share of Services in the GDP is rather stable in Poland. Also the aging population hasn't been mentioned

    • @AS-010o0
      @AS-010o0 Год назад +5

      I didn’t take this video as positive view on Polands success, rather how fragile it is and that it won’t last. Almost as if the author didn’t believe in this success and maybe is slightly irritated by it? 🤔

    • @jesusch3531
      @jesusch3531 Год назад +3

      @@AnonimoslawAnonimowy It is stable but it is a far more important than produce which was broadly talked about

    • @arttukreutzman
      @arttukreutzman Год назад +7

      the question is if it will last longer than we think - if you will take under consideration rapidly growing salaries in the IT services and the fact the vast majority of the clients are not national, but outside you can get into the conclusion it can be replaced sooner or later by similarly educated professionals in Bulgaria or Romania. A lot of major international companies outsourced the work to Poland but money always wins so some roles will be exported to cheaper locations for sure.

  • @sarahhaaniaxoxo
    @sarahhaaniaxoxo Год назад +225

    My best friend in primary school was Polish- hence why for Poland there is a special place in my heart. I wish Poland the best of luck for the future and hope they'll be able to prosper. Love from Pakistan ❤

    • @manfreds.6384
      @manfreds.6384 Год назад +8

      Ok but stay in your country and improve it rather than flooding Europe and making women uneasy.

    • @sarahhaaniaxoxo
      @sarahhaaniaxoxo Год назад +13

      @@manfreds.6384 I didn't live in Poland nor am I someone who violates laws.

    • @vmoses1979
      @vmoses1979 Год назад +5

      ​@@sarahhaaniaxoxoHaha - your best friend may have been decent but that first response is more typical of Poles.

    • @sarahhaaniaxoxo
      @sarahhaaniaxoxo Год назад

      @@vmoses1979 If you say so

    • @TheNewLooter
      @TheNewLooter Год назад +13

      @@vmoses1979 I highly doubt that guy is Polish lol
      Probably German or British

  • @maybehuman4
    @maybehuman4 Год назад +471

    If any country deserves a break, it's Poland. Good on them for doing so well.

    • @singular9
      @singular9 Год назад

      If any country deserves a break, its Russia. Good on them for constantly not giving into being taken over by either Nationalist french, Nazi Germans, or Imperialist americans.
      Considering it exists at all, manages to have an economy, is in the top third of the world by gdp per capita, has a national identity, language, culture, history, and heck, HAS A BORDER LOL its doing pretty well.

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn Год назад +9

      No, that's Cuba. And Palestine.

    • @Nezgul1
      @Nezgul1 Год назад +7

      After this week election we will know how it will be :)

    • @Nepetita69696
      @Nepetita69696 Год назад +15

      @@ArawnOfAnnwn Definitely not Palestine

    • @mostlikely...
      @mostlikely... Год назад +4

      🇵🇱🏆

  • @armsofundertow98
    @armsofundertow98 Год назад +322

    Poland is quickly becoming very attractive for tech. If they keep this up, you could see Poland outshine traditional powerhouses in 30 years (or sooner).

    • @EconomicsExplained
      @EconomicsExplained  Год назад +102

      30 years is a long time. I think we will see big changes a long time before that!

    • @Laszer271
      @Laszer271 Год назад +29

      @@EconomicsExplained It has already become a hub of innovation and R&D for many world-leading companies like Samsung, Schneider, Nielsen, P&G, Accenture, General Electric, Goldman Sachs, T-Mobile, EY and many more

    • @jianjunwang6385
      @jianjunwang6385 Год назад

      @@EconomicsExplained 别夹带私货

    • @prioris55555
      @prioris55555 Год назад +28

      @@EconomicsExplained just imagine poland a million years from now ...

    • @Boink446
      @Boink446 Год назад +12

      @@jianjunwang6385 Why not? Crime rates in Poland are extremely low.

  • @Matt-eq5ft
    @Matt-eq5ft Год назад +290

    I will never understand why Economics Explained keeps using the same map that includes Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan as part of China 8:47

    • @EliteInsider
      @EliteInsider Год назад +96

      Sometimes I think big channels like this include small errors so it encourages people to comment and boost engagement.

    • @J-IFWBR
      @J-IFWBR Год назад +49

      He knows something, we dont. Probably economists actually can predict the future.

    • @Matt-eq5ft
      @Matt-eq5ft Год назад +16

      @@EliteInsider Lol and I played right into then

    • @manwiththeredface7821
      @manwiththeredface7821 Год назад +9

      ​@@J-IFWBREconomists can't predict anything, they're guessing at best.

    • @nntflow7058
      @nntflow7058 Год назад +5

      Because he made this video in 2034.

  • @LetsJamFunk
    @LetsJamFunk Год назад +64

    2:08 Poland has been invaded so many times, you know something's changed when someone is confident saying that the chances of Poland being invaded are "extremely slim"

    • @EconomicsExplained
      @EconomicsExplained  Год назад +4

      Actually we did do a video on this recently! I hope you find it interesting: ruclips.net/video/WU4cPNC_JFE/видео.htmlsi=Txabua1kHtKNyq-r

    • @gareonconley1956
      @gareonconley1956 9 месяцев назад +1

      yeah I was like huh? Didn't Putin said the war will only stop if the Soviet Flag flies over the Reichstag in Berlin again? Poland is kind of in the way between Moscow and Berlin last time I checked

    • @zepter00
      @zepter00 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@gareonconley1956 well Poland is part of strongest military alliance world ever saw and Polish military now is 3rd strongest in europe just after russia and France. but Polish military is top modern.

  • @AslanAlmukhambetov
    @AslanAlmukhambetov Год назад +618

    If 20 years ago someone told me that Poland will be a higher ranked economy thatn UK, Finland or Canada, Id call the police.

    • @ddrid854
      @ddrid854 Год назад +97

      And it isn't

    • @user-je3sk8cj6g
      @user-je3sk8cj6g Год назад +33

      It will be

    • @Lando-kx6so
      @Lando-kx6so Год назад +23

      It still won't for a number of reasons, one of which is it's population decline

    • @zooxu9224
      @zooxu9224 Год назад +45

      @@Lando-kx6sopopulation decline is problem in whole Europe now

    • @ticktockbam
      @ticktockbam Год назад +66

      ​@@Lando-kx6soPeople like to act as if most developed nations aren't experiencing a population decline and only focus their attention on countries that don't accept illegal immigration like Poland and Japan.

  • @omarmyia
    @omarmyia Год назад +389

    Poland is a good example for all of Eastern Europe. Hope they continue on the same path. Please do a video on Romania as well.

    • @SirNyanPanda
      @SirNyanPanda Год назад +33

      Estonia is a good example for Eastern Europe, Poland is absolutely average when compared to other ex-Soviet satellite states. Heck, even countries that were a part of Soviet Union - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia all have higher GDP per capita than Poland
      The only Eastern European countries that are significantly behind Poland are Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova, as all are victims of current Kremlin politics.

    • @suspecm6316
      @suspecm6316 Год назад

      Yeah this video is literally clickbait. Poland had been the "toilet cleaners" of west europe and any economic growth they had was thanks to EU grants, which every other eastern european country received, and usually invested better (Baltic countries, Romania in the past few years, Checzia). The main reason Poland is "famous" is because she is constantly squabbling with Germany, so their populist conservative party can stay in power.

    • @BOXPL_
      @BOXPL_ Год назад +36

      @@SirNyanPanda That's becouse Poland has more people than them comparing GPD per capita is hard becouse of the population each country has

    • @mixererunio1757
      @mixererunio1757 Год назад +44

      It isn't. Poland is in Central Europe. Same and Czechia and Slovakia.

    • @ANameIOnceHad
      @ANameIOnceHad Год назад +13

      Poland's borders were changed post WW2. The eastern portion of Poland were stolen and it was given a slice of eastern Germany by the USSR. Poland is historically known as Eastern European. It is a slavic state.

  • @justuseodysee7348
    @justuseodysee7348 Год назад +562

    I think the biggest improvement after joining EU was infrastructure investemnt. Back in the 90s both railways and regular roads were in dire state, unable to acommodate the increasing economic activity. No highways, almost no express roads, local roads with holes bigger than the budget hole left by minister Bauc.
    EU invested massive amount of money over the first decade of membership into these areas which made Poland being attractive for any serious business.

    • @thatguychris5654
      @thatguychris5654 Год назад +33

      Indeed. I remember when they first opened the metro in Warsaw around 1995 I believe. It was a huge deal! No more taking buses down streets with massive potholes lol. Haven't been back since 2000 so it was nice to see the progress in this video.

    • @TheRezro
      @TheRezro Год назад +10

      @@thatguychris5654 Oh, it changed a LOT! I sometimes don't rozognione it.

    • @Piotrek7654321
      @Piotrek7654321 Год назад +30

      "I think the biggest improvement after joining EU was infrastructure investemnt."
      So, that was still the effect of joining the EU. Most likely, the majority of those infrastructure investments wouldn't happen without the EU. And the EU didn't pay 100% of the price, but the money was a huge driving force that those projects happened in the first place (because from the perspective of Poland, many expensive projects became much cheaper, while still offering a great net return).

    • @justuseodysee7348
      @justuseodysee7348 Год назад +3

      ​@@thatguychris5654There are two metro lines now. Second one goes from Bemowo to Targówek.

    • @rogink
      @rogink Год назад +25

      It seems improving infrastructure for new members has been one of the success stories of the EU. Spain is the obvious case study, which now has some of the best roads and railways in Europe. Ireland is similar, and I'm sure there must be others.

  • @augustkasemaa3290
    @augustkasemaa3290 Год назад +211

    You should do a video on Estonia. Very similar history to Poland, but punching above its weight and (arguably) a leader in certain fields.

    • @juliahaynie764
      @juliahaynie764 Год назад +6

      Yes, I really want to see Estonia included!

    • @redhidinghood9337
      @redhidinghood9337 Год назад +12

      Estonia and Slovenia have done by far the best out of all post-socialist states. They definitely deserve praise, especially estonia since it was part of the soviet union and is farther away from western europe

    • @jianjunwang6385
      @jianjunwang6385 Год назад +1

      这不是做梦吗

    • @MrMartijnkoning
      @MrMartijnkoning Год назад +3

      Estonia is a province not a country 😂

    • @alh6255
      @alh6255 Год назад +13

      The population of Estonia is comparable to the population of Warsaw alone. The size of Estonia is smaller than the Masovian Voivodeship in Poland. I think that comparisons do not make sense, because the differences are too great, the challenges are different, the scale of activities is different. The Polish economy is not only much, much larger, but also much more complex and diverse. Regardless, it is definitely worth watching a film about Estonia or Slovenia.

  • @standad7541
    @standad7541 Год назад +49

    8:00 Not a Soviet republic but a post-communist/ex-eastern bloc country

  • @scorbiot
    @scorbiot Год назад +127

    8:45 No! Bad China! You can't have Kyrgystan and Tajikstan!

    • @siraaron4462
      @siraaron4462 Год назад +1

      China doesn't claim sovereignty over those countries/regions do they?
      Probably a visual typo.

    • @J-IFWBR
      @J-IFWBR Год назад +8

      @@siraaron4462 not yet :P

    • @dhzhbb
      @dhzhbb Год назад

      你在发什么疯

  • @polishpsych
    @polishpsych Год назад +91

    Poland has no interest in becoming the second Germany because there is only one Poland. We want our citizens to live in peace and prosperity in safe Europe. Also, Poland is not a miracle but a result of sacrifice and hard work of its citizens. Poland has 40 millions of people today.

    • @Nepetita69696
      @Nepetita69696 Год назад +10

      Exactly

    • @CJBillJr
      @CJBillJr Год назад +3

      yes it has, we are trying our best to catch up with EU greatest economies in Germany and France, then keep up and potentially someday overcome to be the new leader. Sky is the limit, capitalism is a blessing and Poles are highly educated and hard working people, now speaking fluently foreign languages.

    • @personalbranddata
      @personalbranddata 2 месяца назад

      Poland is a result of Russia putting this country on the map and German sponsored EU funds. American lapdog poland bites the hand that's feeding it as usual.

    • @polishpsych
      @polishpsych 25 дней назад

      @@CJBillJrIt’a a wrong way of thinking. You don’t become the leader by simply catching up and becoming like the ones that are in front of you. You need to learn from their mistakes never commit them, find your own way to succeed and create a completely new quality.

  • @passioncla
    @passioncla Год назад +31

    Love Poland from Romania! ❤

    • @slavkopolskiperun5358
      @slavkopolskiperun5358 9 месяцев назад +1

      Hi Romania🇵🇱❤️🇷🇴 from Warsaw

    • @cathulhu3772
      @cathulhu3772 4 месяца назад +1

      Back at You from Warszawa my friends! :)))we both will get there sooner or later. :))))

  • @X2yt
    @X2yt Год назад +360

    The fact Poland never adopted Euro as official currency and still keeps Zloty is a 10000IQ move. While it comes with some drawbacks, not having a currency that's value is tied to like 40 other countries is an extreme economical advantage.

    • @DalHrusk
      @DalHrusk Год назад +21

      Especially when the eurozone countries have huge debts (91% of GDP on average).

    • @simonpetrikov3992
      @simonpetrikov3992 Год назад

      @@RandomGuy-lu1enso is having a left leaning one because typically both sides of the political spectrum are economically illiterate
      Note: economically literate people support freer markets

    • @smartguy360
      @smartguy360 Год назад +75

      ​@@RandomGuy-lu1enwhat makes their government "far right"

    • @fotis1964
      @fotis1964 Год назад +39

      Greece joining euro was minus 10000 IQ move.

    • @disalazarg
      @disalazarg Год назад +38

      ​@@RandomGuy-lu1entell that to Singapore, the world's most developed country.

  • @Rene-uz3eb
    @Rene-uz3eb Год назад +135

    Its strange that ukraine is and was ridiculously far behind poland or any other slavic states in per capita gdp, including russia.
    Very smart move of Poland to just have people compete against state enterprises. I'm thoroughly impressed.

    • @VijayRavuri-r8y
      @VijayRavuri-r8y Год назад +22

      A smart move indeed. Frankly the services offered by the state enterprises in the 90s and early 2000s were so bad that people craved for alternatives.

    • @rhs5683
      @rhs5683 Год назад +17

      Ukrain was also the state with the most....pocked-transactions....per unit of buerocrat. For real, it was even worse than russia and albania.

    • @189Blake
      @189Blake Год назад +28

      A great part of their economic success is due to the European Union pouring millions of Euros to put Poland's infrastructure up to speed, but of course Poles like to say it's all their own credit. Having said that, they managed to get rid of corruption, something that is still haunting other ex-soviet countries

    • @jolly-rancher
      @jolly-rancher Год назад +4

      @@rhs5683 and source on that?

    • @hydrolifetech7911
      @hydrolifetech7911 Год назад +3

      @@jolly-rancher his backside probably

  • @Wi3rzb0
    @Wi3rzb0 Год назад +71

    finally a Poland episode ⬜🟥

  • @peliculiar
    @peliculiar Год назад +86

    I like this video, Poland has many things in common with Czech Republic (country were I live). It would be interesting to compare these two. I looked to historic chart of GDP in both countries and I see a more "sustainable" growth rate in Poland than in Czech Republic although we are a bit richer then they are on average. It seems like Polish have a brighter future than we (Czech) can expect despite the borders with Ukraine.

    • @jianjunwang6385
      @jianjunwang6385 Год назад

      没有实体经济和重工业,靠做梦就能变成希特勒吗

    • @patrykkazmierczak8384
      @patrykkazmierczak8384 Год назад +8

      Poland + Czech R. + Slovakia = 12th biggest Economy in the world . We should have created union , even before World war II shouldve done it .

    • @AnonimoslawAnonimowy
      @AnonimoslawAnonimowy Год назад +6

      ​@@patrykkazmierczak8384have you heard about the European union?

    • @fpsmeter
      @fpsmeter Год назад +9

      I go to Czechia often and from street level, Czech towns and villages are almost Western Europe level. Poland is 5-10 years behind Czechia (also in GDP per capita), but the gap is closing.

    • @centurion5407
      @centurion5407 Год назад +14

      Byłem wiele razy w Czechach i wyglafaja one znacznie biedniej niz Polska, zwlaszcza wioski, domy i infrastruktura jest o wiele gorsza niz w Polsce. Niestety małe Czechy zawsze mialy kompleksy i traktowaly Polske jak Rosję lub gorzej... Nie ma co porownywać Polske z Czechami. Potencjał gospodarczy Polski jest kilka razy wyższy niż Czech. Poza tym Czesi ze swym kompleksem malego, nieznaczącego państwa są zabawni... 10 lat temu Czechy nie rożniły się od Polski w ogóle..

  • @dawiddrzewiecki8060
    @dawiddrzewiecki8060 Год назад +10

    7:55 - 8:05 Poland never belonged to the Soviet Union. Indeed, during the Cold War, the government in Warsaw was fully dependent on Moscow, but Poland was not part of Soviet state.

  • @thetechlead1761
    @thetechlead1761 Год назад +32

    Thanks for a great episode. I am actually a Pole and I have an idea for another interesting episode. Within Poland we have quite a big (heated) debate whether we should adopt Euro or not. It would be nice to gain an outside perspective on that matter from a renowned economics channel, since ultimately, whether we will adopt it or not most likely depend on who Poles will vote for in the near future :).

    • @TheRestedOne
      @TheRestedOne Год назад +16

      Speaking as an American, currency abandonment should not be a whimsical decision.
      Nations like Lebanon have had to abandon the Lira due to intense inflation and unofficially adopt the dollar.
      To change domestic currency would suggest there is a serious perceived instability, like we saw in Greece.
      Keeping both currencies is also much healthier for the consumer as it allows more forms of exchange, like gold and silver, but still in fiat currency.
      For a real life example, Poland avoided much of the financial crisis in 2008, whereas the EU saw losses. This ties back to Greece where it was unable to independently devalue its drachma due to Eurozone ties.
      Maintaining fiscal independence outside of Brussels is a benefit for Poland.

    • @Gumitto
      @Gumitto Год назад +4

      Not controlling own currency is suicide. Euro should be never adopted because as a result country will lose economy leveraging power and part of independence. Greece is great example what means not controlling its own currency...

    • @marcdenoire5462
      @marcdenoire5462 11 месяцев назад +1

      This debate has been pretty much resolved. There is hardly any economic advantage for Poland joining the Eurozone. Politically it's also very dubious as it means assuming responsibility for countries of Southern Europe, which are likely to fall into huge economic problems. I think that all political parties announced that adopting the Euro was not on their agenda, right?

  • @vladalx27
    @vladalx27 Год назад +231

    Do Romania next! That would be very interesting.

    • @2drealms196
      @2drealms196 Год назад +12

      I'm curious what the current state is of that Romanian town: Glod, that unfortunately became part of the 2006 Borat movie. How have things changed in Glod in 17 years?
      Did it bring an influx of tourists? (similar to how Borat increased tourism in Kazakhstan). Has 17 years allowed the town to improve some if its infrastructure?

    • @frankchan4272
      @frankchan4272 Год назад +11

      Include Hungary & Bulgaria which were former Soviet client states along with Romania.

    • @vladalx27
      @vladalx27 Год назад +15

      @@2drealms196 I wouldn't say it improved much, although the GDP doubled in the last 16 years. Romania developed quite fast (similar to Poland), but unfortunately the growth has been concentrated in a couple of regions (e.g. Bucharest, Cluj, Timis).

    • @richardchambers1124
      @richardchambers1124 Год назад +7

      Top G living there puts it at the top of the rankings

    • @vladalx27
      @vladalx27 Год назад +5

      @@richardchambers1124 I see you are familiar with the theories developed by economists at Hustlers University

  • @zatrox9438
    @zatrox9438 Год назад +27

    8:45, I see that china decided to annex tajikistan and kyrgyzstan, very bold of them

  • @emixmim
    @emixmim Год назад +16

    Great video! Please do Romania as well, I was astonished to learn it was the 19th most complex economy in the world, above many developed countries. Should be interesting to look at. It also has an abundance of strategic resources.

  • @RhiannonSenpai
    @RhiannonSenpai Год назад +12

    As a Romanian, I'm so proud of Poland and we look up to Poland as our example in Eastern Europe!

  • @demdguN
    @demdguN Год назад +13

    If a country can give birth to the genius composer Frédéric Chopin, I don't see why it can't produce more hard working geniuses.

  • @rustix3
    @rustix3 Год назад +45

    12:50 When speaking about salaries being advantageous, it makes sense to mention taxes. It's better to compare take-home salaries.

    • @DalHrusk
      @DalHrusk Год назад +4

      It is useles to compare anything when EE uses wrong data. Polish average salary is 1/3 lower than he claims. BTW his political map is wrong too.

    • @freetimefoster
      @freetimefoster Год назад +5

      @rustix3 why? Before tax is the measure of value for work. Tax gets used to fund public services and is highly variable across nations so it does not compare well when looking at just the economy.

    • @rustix3
      @rustix3 Год назад +3

      @@freetimefoster I was thinking from the point of view of the random citizen. The author of the video was talking about Polish people moving to work in Germany because of high salaries. And he showed us the average salaries in both countries(I don't know how true those numbers are). But if let's assume the tax is 50% and in Poland it's 10% then the salaries are roughly the same, so after couple of month the Polish people should return to Poland. I exaggerated the numbers, but I think you got my point. I don't see the strong reasoning of Polish people moving to Germany by the numbers provided.

    • @freetimefoster
      @freetimefoster Год назад +5

      @rustix3 but using hypotheticals if the high tax country offers free public transport, better schools, free university, free top quality health care, better environmental protection etc etc then the tax becomes somewhat irrelevant.

    • @rustix3
      @rustix3 Год назад +12

      @@freetimefoster In my opinion the people who work, benefit the least from the taxes. Because benefits are aimed at non-working people: retirees, pupils, students, ill people etc. That's why I would think that a young or middle aged person wouldn't count those taxes as benefits, but rather the necessary evil. Anyway its so nice to have such a calm discussion in the internet. I am somehow surprised. Thank you @freetimefoster

  • @automat8774
    @automat8774 Год назад +476

    I'm polish, no we can't become the next germany, thank you for your time

    • @sakaue
      @sakaue Год назад +11

      Could i ask why?

    • @KamikazeMedias
      @KamikazeMedias Год назад +54

      Because we are german-american vasal state colony

    • @AmirSatt
      @AmirSatt Год назад +80

      because there is only one germany. Thank you for your time

    • @ricklebleu4561
      @ricklebleu4561 Год назад +16

      why so negative?

    • @Anon_Anon
      @Anon_Anon Год назад +32

      Because German is not our national language. Jenkuyeh

  • @thatguychris5654
    @thatguychris5654 Год назад +86

    Kinda cool to see my country grow and prosper when it's neighbors know how to respect borders. Hope to see more progress before the next world war.

    • @2MinuteHockey
      @2MinuteHockey Год назад

      lots to do after the Germans and Russians spent centuries destroying and genociding Poland and still, Germans own billions in business inside Poland

    • @jianjunwang6385
      @jianjunwang6385 Год назад

      别做梦了

    • @AnonimoslawAnonimowy
      @AnonimoslawAnonimowy Год назад +1

      Except of one neighbour

    • @2MinuteHockey
      @2MinuteHockey Год назад +6

      German/Austrian/EU propaganda is ruining Poland internally and internationally @@AnonimoslawAnonimowy

    • @yeet8885
      @yeet8885 Год назад

      ​@@2MinuteHockeyhow?

  • @vojtechrod6114
    @vojtechrod6114 Год назад +153

    For me as someone from Czechia (Poland's southwestern neighbour in Central Europe) it is interesting to follow the development of Poland. And even from what ordinary Poles tell me, the country is really successfully rising. Just a decade ago a trip to Poland was like a return to my childhood, grey crumbling houses, crappy infrastructure, you could really feel the poverty in many places. But the country has moved on a lot in the last decade and you can see it in the streets of the towns and villages. Let's see how it develops further. 👍

    • @katarzynafiakowska2054
      @katarzynafiakowska2054 Год назад +27

      tak naprawdę Wojciechu nie ma między nami różnicy. W każdym kraju ( nawet twoim :) są obszary biedniejsze i bogatsze. Dekadę temu nie było już ani brzydkiej infrastruktury ani biedy. Jak czytam komentarze z Cech zawsze nie mogę nadziwić się waszej wyższości, a byłam w Czechach nie raz i powiem Ci szczerze, nie wiem skąd ta wyższość.

    • @noodleppoodle
      @noodleppoodle Год назад +22

      @@katarzynafiakowska2054 droga Katarzyno, mieszkałem w Czechach 2.5 roku i jest duża gospodarcza i społeczna różnica między tymi krajami. Widać to w statystykach, w płacach i widać to w wyglądzie miast i wiosek. Widać w jakości usług publicznych (służba zdrowia nie do porównania, pociągi...). Czechy stoją na wyższym poziomie. Może nie jest to odległość kosmiczna, ale jest wyraźna. Zdravím z Varšavy

    • @neznamtija8081
      @neznamtija8081 Год назад +2

      *eastern Europe

    • @VijayRavuri-r8y
      @VijayRavuri-r8y Год назад +8

      @@neznamtija8081 Mapy też chyba nie znasz. Central Europe.

    • @peliculiar
      @peliculiar Год назад +4

      @@katarzynafiakowska2054 Where did you get that "superiority" from Vojtěch's comment? I don't get it at all. Please explain ...

  • @MrSneakyCastro
    @MrSneakyCastro Год назад +45

    Poland is amazing 🎉and it’s not a miracle, Polish people work hard and smart.

    • @ivancaballero5123
      @ivancaballero5123 Год назад +4

      they are not progres :), that's why they can progress :) hahahah

    • @lemaro85
      @lemaro85 Год назад +1

      Hard-yes. Smart-no.

    • @pawlo79pl
      @pawlo79pl Год назад

      that's how you explain it to yourself 😁@@lemaro85

    • @Bakambol
      @Bakambol Год назад

      @@lemaro85Fajnie ze się nam przedstawiasz ale nie bądź dla siebie taki surowy🤡

    • @lemaro85
      @lemaro85 Год назад

      @@Bakambol Same fakty.

  • @nelyyisoppy6509
    @nelyyisoppy6509 Год назад +8

    Because of all the economic growth there's more people coming into Poland today . The culture also leads to even more wealthier people coming to Poland for tourism or to live

  • @GaryWinstonBrown
    @GaryWinstonBrown Год назад +178

    It's been a rough year with losses from failed banks and government, real estate crashes, a struggling economy, and downturns in stocks and dividends. It feels like everything has been going wrong.
    What a terrible year it is…

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  • @alanjenkins1508
    @alanjenkins1508 Год назад +15

    A countries greatest strength is its national character. This cannot be mandated, but is the result of centuries of history. This means some countries will succeed and others fill fail, no matter how much money is pumped into them.

  • @MrVaidas82
    @MrVaidas82 Год назад +10

    People dosen't understand that GDP has nothing to do with living standarts. Usa is a rich country but somehow no one from europe wants to go there as it was 30 years ago, whem everyone dreamed to go there.

  • @radhouze2554
    @radhouze2554 Год назад +6

    Was looking forward to this Econ of Poland video after you mentioned its coming up in another one. Thanks for making it!!
    Actually learned a few things about my country's transition from capitalism

  • @juliuszkocinski7478
    @juliuszkocinski7478 Год назад +6

    About military build-up: If done well it could be one of the bridges to cross that middle income gap.
    Military industry is and always been about bleeding edge of technology over various industries. And Poland is putting a lot of emphasis on building most of the equipment here and technology transfer as opposed to simply buying systems abroad. That could be a breeding ground for more domestic high-tech capabilities

  • @rustix3
    @rustix3 Год назад +10

    8:48 Just a note: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are painted as China on the map.

  • @DawidSikora
    @DawidSikora Год назад +54

    12:51 you show average polish salary of 2511 USD, I'd love to see a source of it as based on the latest GUS report average income is 7000 PLN which is around 1600 USD

    • @SolusBatty
      @SolusBatty Год назад

      I wonder the same.

    • @DalHrusk
      @DalHrusk Год назад

      He probably uses ChatGPT for writing his scripts or what 🤦

    • @minunat9
      @minunat9 Год назад +3

      is $1600 gross or net salary?

    • @DalHrusk
      @DalHrusk Год назад +2

      @@minunat9 Gross salary.

    • @bigboot6139
      @bigboot6139 Год назад

      ​@@minunat97 485 PLN gross. 5350 PLN net. So with today's exchange rate 1728USD and 1235 USD respectively

  • @knpark2025
    @knpark2025 Год назад +19

    The more I learn about Poland the more I feel like they have more things in common with us. From their bumpy history, cities that looks like here back in the early 2000s (I am mentioning this with all the love for my fond childhood memories I had as a 00s kid), and also a writing system that Western Europeans and Americans find it less familiar. (Challenge: not pronouncing Łódź as Lodge but instead Woochi, difficulty impossible) They have a lot of things going for them as my country did 20 years ago, and on top of that they have good milk. Their milk is the newest member of our "best cheapest delicious food hall of fame" since Chilean grapes, Australian beef, and Norwegian mackerels.

    • @TheRestedOne
      @TheRestedOne Год назад +3

      It’s closer to Wudj (like ‘fudge’), not Woochi. :)

    • @knpark2025
      @knpark2025 Год назад +3

      ​@@TheRestedOne yea, turns out writing something to spell with unmistakable pronounciation in English is not as easy as I thought...

    • @nigdywzyciu751
      @nigdywzyciu751 Год назад +2

      ​@@knpark2025we Poles just speak how its wrote, every letter have it own sound and its not changed on demand like english. For ex. "Cool" there is "c" and there is "o" but when its dubble "o" you speak as "u", and you change "c" on "k" when you say it, weird and confusing

    • @dhzhbb
      @dhzhbb Год назад +2

      说了半天,也不知道你来自哪个国家

  • @wojciechp
    @wojciechp Год назад +36

    Regarding growth: Poland is not only the fastest growing country in Europe but rather in the WORLD (compared to the 25 largest countries by GDP between 1990 and 2020 based on IMF statistics). 1st place goes to China and India achieved bronze medal. Congrats to all :)

    • @FekalistaGrzybowory-lz8lh
      @FekalistaGrzybowory-lz8lh Год назад

      Bredzisz

    • @polka23dot70
      @polka23dot70 Год назад +8

      China had fastest growing GDP from 1990 to 2020 (3593%). Poland was second best, but far behind China (857%). In 2023 Poland had fastest growing GDP in the world (3.9%). Now Chinese economy is collapsing so Poland may remain the GDP growth leader for a few more years. Poland is quickly becoming influential European country because Germany and France are in bad shape. German neo-Marxists hope that tomorrow (Sunday, 2023-10-15) Polish neo-Marxists will win Polish elections. The Polish neo-Marxists take money and orders from the German neo-Marxists. All neo-Marxists want to replace Europeans with foreign savages because the savages always vote for the neo-Marxists.

    • @dhzhbb
      @dhzhbb Год назад

      @@polka23dot70看到共产主义的暴行,为什么还有马克思主义分子诞生,这群人跟恐怖分子没区别,没有任何人愿意和他人共享财富,除了寄生虫

    • @LMB222
      @LMB222 Год назад

      When you start from the level of Pakistan or Zimbabwe (see the beginning of the video), *any* growth will be significant, because it's relative.
      Ask yourself why Poland is so far behind Czechia and Slovenia in HDI.

    • @polka23dot70
      @polka23dot70 Год назад +3

      @@LMB222 Czechia was not ruined by the WW2. On the contrary, large percentage of Czech population worked in German weapon factories located in Czechia and they enjoyed relative prosperity during the war. Many ethnic Czechs could not speak Czech language, so they spoke German.

  • @browl218
    @browl218 Год назад +18

    If someone thinks that poland can become next germany in quite near future, please live here for few months first

    • @sicilydream
      @sicilydream 11 месяцев назад

      So what's your thought about it?

    • @browl218
      @browl218 11 месяцев назад

      @@sicilydream that it won't?

    • @sicilydream
      @sicilydream 11 месяцев назад

      @@browl218 ok, but why? Can you motivate your sentence?

    • @browl218
      @browl218 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@sicilydream cause I live here and see what these so called experts in economics do to the economy

    • @pecopeco5907
      @pecopeco5907 9 месяцев назад

      they wont if germany keeps going forward but that doesnt seems to be the case.

  • @it_was_me_jimbo644
    @it_was_me_jimbo644 Год назад +12

    after years of waiting it has happend a Polska video

  • @RafaelW8
    @RafaelW8 Год назад +4

    Finally! Been waiting for this video for a while

  • @gregs3845
    @gregs3845 Год назад +4

    Most of Poland's exports to Oceania is saurkraut. It's the best saurkraut in my supermarket, I always buy it.

  • @Kenneth_James
    @Kenneth_James Год назад +6

    8:44 Why does the western border of China look strange to me? Like something is a bit off with Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Pakistan. Afghanistan has no land border with China. The map is wrong..

  • @CahitbeyAdiAlinmis
    @CahitbeyAdiAlinmis Год назад +7

    08:48 Map is wrong and includes some central asian countries in China, like Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan

  • @luken1135
    @luken1135 Год назад +8

    Would really love to see all the baltic countries have their own video, they are named the baltic tigers for a reason - Would be a insightful deep dive from the economic perspective!

    • @MAXIMIR-wf7ez
      @MAXIMIR-wf7ez Год назад

      "Baltic Tigers" ceased to be mentioned after 2008

  • @Corvus5Pl
    @Corvus5Pl Год назад +4

    I'm amazed by the deep and accurate understanding of the polish economy :)

  • @iamnotmattpatl1467
    @iamnotmattpatl1467 Год назад +4

    Where did Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan go at 8:46 ?

  • @nerussa
    @nerussa Год назад +4

    I've been waiting for this video for a while.

    • @wiktorzdrojewski890
      @wiktorzdrojewski890 Год назад

      Me too, but kinda dissapointed, whole video is kinda meh average vibes like he couldmt find anything interesting :/

  • @jabloko992
    @jabloko992 4 месяца назад +3

    One hidden problem that you haven't talked about and will be a major barrier to Poland "catching up" with France and Germany is the fact that Poland will never have any immigration due to the Polish language being literally the most difficult one in the world, apparently. Polish people will rightfully expect guests to learn Polish, same as anywhere else, only that is an impossible request. Poles already being more conservative than French or even German people, when they see their immigrants not speaking Polish *at all* , they will naturally grow even more resistant to the idea of immigration. This will make the Polish economy plateau much sooner.

  • @Bruhclan69
    @Bruhclan69 Год назад +4

    8:47 i know this was not the focus of the video but oh god what happened to glorious Tajikistan

  • @invisiblehandofadamsmith
    @invisiblehandofadamsmith Год назад +9

    Moved from London to krakow were my company ve opened the branche there. Very happy safe homogenous soviety. In london i rent a small flat for 1.5 k £ here for 700 i live in new estate and all my neighbours are guys who work in corporate environment not in Turkish take away. Very vibrant modern city with huge architectural beauty great nightlife. One thing to add - when in poland currency is PLN zł making stats in $ dont show real truth. Earing in poland 2 k $ - 10 k PLN per month u live like on very high standard when in london or geneva or Berlin u have for rent. In poland AV salary now is 7,8 k pln. Easy . Best idea is to try it youtself YT wont tell u the truth just stats from wiki or ocd

  • @Alex-fm5ke
    @Alex-fm5ke Год назад +7

    A video on the economy of London and New York would be good

  • @TheAriziel
    @TheAriziel Год назад +8

    You completely skipped polish IT sector. Around 500k high paid and skilled employees, 60k tech companies from around the globe. Poland is one of the leaders of IT outsourcing 😉

  • @evilsanta8585
    @evilsanta8585 Год назад +14

    To be honest im glad Poland is doing well but at the same time its getting more expensive

    • @EconomicsExplained
      @EconomicsExplained  Год назад +9

      This is a natural part of becoming a more advanced economy, but this brings with it certain traps like the middle-income trap I talked about in the video, where the cost of living could rise so much that they lose their competitive advantage for low cost manufacturing.

    • @orzech100darek2
      @orzech100darek2 Год назад

      Yo ,we need bulid a ocasions now ,when things grow u may grown on it 😀

    • @LMB222
      @LMB222 Год назад

      Hello! There's a war going on in Europe!

  • @dermeisterdesspiegels3518
    @dermeisterdesspiegels3518 Год назад +1

    I suggest you looking into Romania. Apparently we are headed on the same route Poland was in the early 2000s, since we reached the psychological threshold of 1,000 km of motorways in the country. Great video, keep up the good work and consider my suggestion!

  • @matt-eu-poland
    @matt-eu-poland Год назад +2

    Thank you for the video about Poland 🥇

  • @andrew8501
    @andrew8501 Год назад +5

    Poland is much more advanced than one might think. If it weren't for the architecture, you wouldn't know it's post-soviet.

  • @lisyekseremssko5578
    @lisyekseremssko5578 Год назад +5

    The huge problem you addressed in a video before but you didn't address in this one is, the inequality.
    Which Poland speedruns with high efficiency. Trying to keep the low wage workforce going on for as long as it's possible.
    With housing prices skyrocketing to german prices, but the wages stalling behind. Renting a home can cost more than a whole wage. If one isn't born in a city, getting there on your own is mathematically impossible. Just to keep labour cost lower, the wages don't grown proportionally to expanses for basic need. putting a huge pressure on the people.
    Sure the wages grow by 10%, but if the price of a house jumps by 40% and the food jumps by 20%.
    You will still afford less afterwards.
    Adult people live in their parents house without a job, or a job that doesn't pay enough to ever leave, but drains their energy too much to escape such situation.
    This causes severe inequality and ultimately, economic instability.

    • @Shveik1000
      @Shveik1000 Год назад +1

      That is easier to count GDP than the usual people prosperity. Actually, you have addressed the core problem of the Polish economy. If you rise salaries/wages the owner of the business (huge part of the beneficiaries are not of Polish residence) is not interested in doing business in Poland anymore, because the lower labor cost is the biggest advantage. On the other hand if you keep wages low - people will start to look for other countries because they simply can not feed their families. The bubble in real estate is so pumped that it is very dangerous to bust it, but keep it longer is even more danger. if another 90s are ahead of us it will be very optimistic scenario.

  • @andrewearl8926
    @andrewearl8926 Год назад +2

    8:45 why are you showing china annexting two other nations?

  • @SilverScarletSpider
    @SilverScarletSpider Год назад +5

    It would be interesting if Poland or Austria can start to match other nations industry like Spain, Portugal, Italy

    • @jorgecuevas8843
      @jorgecuevas8843 11 месяцев назад +4

      I don't think Austria needs to catch up. Traveling to Europe I saw a higher quality of life there than anywhere else

  • @arxdeath773
    @arxdeath773 Год назад +13

    But the gdp per capita of 18K is not real because prices are much lower. The GDP PPP is already above 45K.

    • @PI0TYCH
      @PI0TYCH Год назад +1

      $45K per capita PPP may be in Warsaw, but average PPP is close to $30K, although due to higher inflation (about 10%) prices are raising, so PPP may fall. IMO the best year was 2020.

    • @arxdeath773
      @arxdeath773 Год назад +3

      @@PI0TYCH Yes, but they are basically saying that Poland is a poor country with their comment, and it clearly isn't. Several countries were considered developed but had GDP's per capita PPP lower than that.

  • @thomasfsan
    @thomasfsan Год назад +8

    The computer game industry is actually one of the strongest in the world.

    • @Cookiekopter
      @Cookiekopter Год назад +1

      Yep, CD project going strong

    • @MeijinK
      @MeijinK Год назад +1

      @@Cookiekopter hahaha

  • @kinngrimm
    @kinngrimm Год назад +3

    0:40 Estland, Lettland and Litauen were reported having good economies and development over the past 20 years, so how they ended up in the mix with russia in the red corner buffles me a bit.

    • @lkrnpk
      @lkrnpk Год назад +2

      looks like he just showed ex-Soviet Union there and it does not mean much else

    • @kinngrimm
      @kinngrimm Год назад

      @@lkrnpk well then how was Slovakia, Tscheia, Hungary, Romänia and Ex-Jugoslavia not in the mix?

    • @lkrnpk
      @lkrnpk Год назад

      they were not part of USSR, just communist countries@@kinngrimm

    • @Blanka1100
      @Blanka1100 Год назад +1

      Those countries were soviet satelite states. These were separate countries forced to live under USSR"s commands but they had their own land, flags, anthem, borders and political leaders, They were not sovet republics because countres like Romania, Poland, Hungary have never been a part of a country called USSR unlike Latvia, Lithuaia, Estonia, Ukraine of Georgia. @@kinngrimm

  • @TheNewMountain
    @TheNewMountain Год назад +1

    @EconomicsExplained Why does the map of China at 8:45 show Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as part of China? Was this an oversight or does someone assert these countries are part of China?

  • @RanyelOfficial
    @RanyelOfficial 11 месяцев назад +1

    Very nice! Could you make something similar about Romania?❤

  • @dristor2
    @dristor2 Год назад +3

    8:47 I am outraged! EE supports China's annexation of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan??

  • @steve6121
    @steve6121 Год назад +2

    Could you put a rank number against entries on the leaderboard? Would help to gauge the relative positions. Thanks mate.

  • @mpk4712
    @mpk4712 Год назад +7

    8:05, poland was never a Sowjet Republic

  • @rafamajcher8929
    @rafamajcher8929 Год назад +1

    Question. What's up with China at 8:45?

  • @robc2913
    @robc2913 Год назад +2

    As a polish ive seen videos about praising poland or putting it in bad light but title "fragile miracle" sounds the best

  • @meinelust
    @meinelust Год назад +9

    Germany tried making Poland into another Germany in the 40s and it didn't end well.

    • @posticusmaximus1739
      @posticusmaximus1739 10 месяцев назад

      They had done so many times before that too

    • @personalbranddata
      @personalbranddata 2 месяца назад

      Germany had no probem overrunning poland. The issue was russia.

  • @chapman714
    @chapman714 Год назад +4

    I’d love to see a video on the Philippines, comparable in the reliance on remittances and export of labor

  • @Myrtlecrack
    @Myrtlecrack 5 месяцев назад +4

    My impression of Poland since the Iron Curtain came down is that they are a quality nation, good people, low corruption, hard working, and a general desire to do good. Congratulations to Poland for finally showing the world their true potential!

  • @infavouroflove5448
    @infavouroflove5448 9 месяцев назад +1

    If any country deserves a break it is Poland. So much hardship endured and such hard working people. I hope they believe in their success.

  • @svrt5832
    @svrt5832 Год назад

    8:47 what is that chinese map? Why has it gotten significantly larger on its left side??? When did it consume Kyrgystan and Tajikistan??

  • @MrThias91
    @MrThias91 Год назад +13

    Many Poles work in Denmark, which is pretty close. Would be nice to hear something about why they go there to work - maybe a video about Denmark?

    • @rustix3
      @rustix3 Год назад +6

      I also heard a lot of Poles go to work to Norway and in the past UK.

    • @Cookiekopter
      @Cookiekopter Год назад +22

      We In Poland have a saying "Jeśli nie wiadomo o co chodzi to chodzi o pieniądze" Which roughly says: when you don't know what it's about then it's about the money

    • @maciejodziomek5408
      @maciejodziomek5408 Год назад

      Are one of those Danes that keep chimping out when a migrant does not have a perfect grasp on your language I keep hearing about?

    • @vmoses1979
      @vmoses1979 Год назад +10

      Exactly for work and income. Despite the rosy view of this video - millions of Poles are elsewhere in the EU for work not retirement or better weather or any other thing that other wealthy Europeans go for.

    • @LathropLdST
      @LathropLdST Год назад +2

      We do not need a video about obvious stuff.

  • @jonasptacek3984
    @jonasptacek3984 Год назад +5

    Do a Czech republic video next?

  • @MaximusAugustusOrthodox
    @MaximusAugustusOrthodox Год назад +21

    God bless my Polish Brothers and Sisters in Christ 🙏 Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪❤️🇵🇱

    • @Bakambol
      @Bakambol Год назад +3

      A wiec są jeszcze w Niemczech katolicy😳Niech cię pan Bóg błogosławi przyjacielu🙏

  • @zbigniewwiecaw6709
    @zbigniewwiecaw6709 Год назад +1

    I'm impressed with the choice of footage. Even Bytom made it ;)

  • @ЄвгенШевченко-ч8ь
    @ЄвгенШевченко-ч8ь Год назад +31

    Situation on ua refugees is quite the contrary. Poland cut wellfare pretty quickly and once situation in Ukraine become more stable a lot of people, have returned. Now Ukrainians in Poland are paying more taxes, then was used to support refugees. There are some people unhappy about a lot of Ukrainians moving in - mostly due to rising rent and property prices, but overall cultural difference is small and Ukraininas working hard and learning the language to blend in.

    • @masketkiller101
      @masketkiller101 Год назад +9

      Your statement is not completely accurate, the estimated income from the Ukrainian refugees/migrants income tax was around $3 billion USD at its peak. You can add the benefits of them paying VAT and partially spending this into the local economy minus the major component of remittances etc however the total ultra conservative direct support costs of economic aid and military aid significantly exceeded $33 billion USD. This doesn't include a huge amount of indirect support costs. The government hasn't cut welfare at all, it's planning to 'scale it down' according to the government spokesperson with no timescale. I can provide sources for the numbers and statements if you'd like. Alternatively I'd advise you research this yourself independently. Therefore, I disagree with what you've written

    • @wojciechp
      @wojciechp Год назад

      Wrong. Welfare for refugees are being provided to this day.

    • @Alex-mc5yn
      @Alex-mc5yn Год назад +3

      @@masketkiller101 I'm one of the refugees. As far as I know, the only welfare remaining for Ukrainians is the one for families with children. The only one offered to me as a single adult with no kids was 200 PLN upon arrival (didn't take it, I don't need it). There was another program in which the state paid the Poles to provide housing and food to Ukrainians (30 PLN a day, iirc), but a few months later they only kept it for families and pregnant women. Another one that's still around is 500+, on same conditions as it is for the Poles: 500 PLN per kid a month.
      I'm most grateful that Poland simplified our employment to the extreme so I don't have to drain more resources from my neighbours.

    • @kabyzdoch
      @kabyzdoch Год назад +3

      i'm not an economist, or even a particularly smart person, but i sincerely fail to see, how running a 12 hours a day six days a week sweatshops with next-to-free labour from ukrainian and belarusian migrants can not give one ridiculous profits.

    • @chacka4292
      @chacka4292 Год назад +3

      Hate on ukrainians comes from history and hate spreading by polish right wingers and populists. And some issues with their society. But most of ukrainians are normal working people, that learn and communicate after some time, just work to get better life. Sad truth is, Ukraine is corrupted backward country with oligarchy and divisions in society. Ukraine, even after war ends, will have huge problem to get most of that people back. I work with a lot of ukrainians and most of them who work, study or have kids in polish schools don't want to come back anymore. Of course Im sure it's not like that for everyone but I speak for hundreds of people's and families. Of course not everything is as beautiful. Amount of alcohol abuse even among young, driving under influence, showing up drunk to work, it's way more common compared to polish standards. Corruption also is rooted to the point that some complain that it's impossible to bribe a doctor to get faster appointment ect. Also their right wingers are problem who hate basically everyone, including polish people (even when they live here), racism, homophobia, hate for russian speaking Ukrainians is really common and I guess it's way closer to Russian mindset than polish. As people they are as normal as every other European, as society they need to work on responsibility, team game and crashing that divisions they create. I wish them all good otherwise.

  • @polishgigachad7097
    @polishgigachad7097 Год назад +5

    I don't want Poland to become the next Germany.
    Let Poland be Poland!

  • @msciwojstalkiewicz9510
    @msciwojstalkiewicz9510 Год назад +4

    It's a very informative clip and I like it a lot, but hasn't Poland recently entered the top 20 global economies, following the trouble that Turkey has been experiencing recently? Calling it "not a rich and advanced economy" in this context seems a bit inaccurate. Unless what we consider "rich" is well above the 90th percentile.

  • @therealzizmon1748
    @therealzizmon1748 Год назад +12

    It's worth noting that Poland doesn't have a nobility class like a lot of other countries, so that GDP per capita is a lot more evenly spread out.

    • @agnieszkaszklarz3833
      @agnieszkaszklarz3833 Год назад +3

      In my opinion as an avarage citizen of this country, the lack of higher class is a great asset for us, because we've been able to create more egalitarian society where everyone can feel equal with the same possibilities. There's no excluded citizens, if you can work hard, you have the same opportunities like others. Love from Poland

    • @therealzizmon1748
      @therealzizmon1748 Год назад +3

      @@agnieszkaszklarz3833 Yes... I would know because I am also Polish. Not having a nobility class is a very good thing. I generally don't mind billionaires if they provide a good service, but if they don't have to pay taxes like Royalty in certain other countries, that's not a good thing.

  • @Igweadda
    @Igweadda Год назад

    I wish I could watch your videos but the way you end sentences grind my gears

  • @leneh5051
    @leneh5051 10 месяцев назад

    Could you generally include a date when the country is listed in the EE National Leader board? This would help put the nomination in perspective with current political and economical events.

  • @juliuszkocinski7478
    @juliuszkocinski7478 Год назад +5

    Not gonna lie, waited for this one for a looong time

  • @oolykeegaming81
    @oolykeegaming81 Год назад +3

    8:45 I thought China will invade Taiwan, not Central Asia. 😊

  • @thesqrtofwhy758
    @thesqrtofwhy758 Год назад +3

    8:45 why is Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan owned by china now?

  • @kjvuful
    @kjvuful Год назад +2

    How about Bulgaria? I believe it could be an interesting case study, similar to Poland 15 years ago.

    • @Pawel.K86
      @Pawel.K86 Год назад

      Just stay far from Russia, and everything will be OK. Russia is a cancer for other countries. Cut all business with Russia and grow up.

  • @andrewsylvia7774
    @andrewsylvia7774 Год назад +1

    Is the economic leaderboard available somewhere?