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Posted on 03/17/2026 4:12:01 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
POZNAN, Poland (AP) — A generation ago, Poland rationed sugar and flour while its citizens were paid one-tenth what West Germans earned. Today, the economy of the country has edged past Switzerland to become the world’s 20th largest with more than $1 trillion in annual output.
It’s a historic leap from the post-Communist ruins of 1989-90 to European growth champion, which economists say has lessons on how to bring prosperity to ordinary people — and that the Trump administration says should be recognized by Poland’s presence at a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies later this year.
The transformation is reflected in people like Joanna Kowalska, an engineer from Poznan, a city of around 500,000 people midway between Berlin and Warsaw. She returned home after five years in the U.S.
“I get asked often if I’m missing something by coming back to Poland, and, to be honest, I feel it’s the other way around,” Kowalska said. “We are ahead of the United States in so many areas.”
Kowalska works at the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, which is developing the first artificial intelligence factory in Poland and integrating it with a quantum computer, one of 10 on the continent financed by a European Union program.
Kowalska worked for Microsoft in the U.S. after graduating from the Poznan University of Technology, in a job she saw as a “dream come true.”
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Poland is a great nation.
Germany, on the other hand, amazes me. After WWII, they “de-nazified” and decided not to do that again. And for decades, West Germany flourished with industry and a strong market economy. East Germany, sadly, did poorly under communism and the people were miserable. Then the wall came down, and Germany was unified. But Germany did not “de-comminize”. Instead, the reunited Germany has followed the failed ways of East Germany and the country is now something of a basket case.
But Poland did it right.
They have some beautiful women, too.
Poland can be bailed out wrt its low birthrate by taking in young Ukrainians. They’re ethnic cousins, their language is similar and as White Christian Europeans, they can be fairly easily assimilated. This is an option that was never available to Western European countries which then ruined themselves by taking in hordes of Muslim and African rapefugees who can never be assimilated.
My son in law just did a one year deployment to Poland.
He fell in love with that country. He loved the people, the food, and the policies. He almost made me want to go visit.
Unleash the people and follow Christianity and your economy will grow.
Anybody know how to invest in Poland’s companies? Where are their stocks?
I think it helps that they are not handing their country over to third world tribalists. I am not sure about the trans/furry/DEI situation there, but I suspect there is a lot less of that.
I think it would be something like “The people of Poland worked their asses off a lot”.
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From Grok: “Investing in Poland’s stocks primarily means accessing companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW or WSE), Central Europe’s largest stock market with over 400 companies across its Main Market, NewConnect (growth-focused), and other segments. Major indices include the WIG20 (top 20 large-cap companies, e.g., banks like PKO Bank Polski, energy firm PKN Orlen, insurer PZU, mining company KGHM, and retailers like Allegro or Dino) and broader ones like mWIG40 or WIG.
Easiest Ways to Invest
The simplest and lowest-risk entry for most people is ETFs (exchange-traded funds), which provide diversified exposure to the Polish market without picking individual stocks.
* US-listed: iShares MSCI Poland ETF (EPOL) — tracks the MSCI Poland IMI 25/50 Index (large/mid/small caps). Traded on US exchanges; low minimums via any US broker.
* UCITS (EU/international-compliant): iShares MSCI Poland UCITS ETF USD (Acc) (tracks MSCI Poland; ~0.74% TER) or Expat Poland WIG20 UCITS ETF (tracks WIG20; ~1.38% TER). Accessible via European brokers.
Broader options: Eastern Europe ETFs (Poland often ~60-70% weight) for more diversification.
Direct stocks: Buy individual shares (e.g., via WIG20 companies) for targeted exposure. Higher risk/reward; requires more research.”
Poland can be bailed out wrt its low birthrate by taking in young Ukrainians. They’re ethnic cousins, their language is similar and as White Christian Europeans, they can be fairly easily assimilated. This is an option that was never available to Western European countries which then ruined themselves by taking in hordes of Muslim and African rapefugees who can never be assimilated.
Good. I am a fan of Poland.
“How it happened”
Almost no one Left to stop it.
“I am a fan of Poland”
I’m fan of their immigration policy. Strong border and stronger immigration policy. Either convert to Catholicism or leave. Denounce any other religion, especially Islam, and be Catholic and you have a chance. I’ve met several ladies who left Poland in the late ‘80’s and all were very intelligent, attractive and very nice.
The shortest explanations: free enterprise capitalism, respect for private property, and a shortage of leftist billionaires spreading their poison.
I’ve been to Warsaw twice, in 2014, it was kind of “meh”, but when I went back two years ago, I was blown away by how much it has changed. It’s now one of my favorite cities. And Gdańsk/Sopot is great as well. Most of the tourists to Poland prefer Kraków, which is awesome as well.
They have Tusk, though who is a German globalist.
They have always remained loyal to Poland and their imam appears regularly with Polish Catholic bishops.
There is also a small Polish Protestant minority, a remnant of the once far larger 17th century Protestants. The Counter Reformation was very effective in Poland, and the persecution of the Catholic Church by Prussia and Russia helped cement the connection between being Polish and being Roman Catholic.
Poland ees to be careful. They were smart when it came to using the EU to fund new infrastructure and new highways, but that required the importation of African and Middle East turds. They keep them minimized by ushering them on to Germany and not giving them generous welfare benefits, yet. They are still coming. The young women have been brainwashed by German activist feminists and are out protesting for abortion and other evil feminist society destroying demands (rapefugees welcome, unrestricted free abortion until birth, trannies, etc). Churches are becoming empty. They have established dozens of Chinese run “free trade zones” and there are certain neighborhoods where you only see Chinese signs and businesses. Everything liberalism touches turns to crap.
In the era of globalism, starting with Schroeder, you had an unholy alliance between globalist business leaders who sought higher profits investing and selling abroad and not investing in Germany and the SPD/Greens who replaced working-class oriented socialism with woke social Communism. The SPD slashed unemployment and welfare benefits with the cooperation of the CDU/CSU while the Greens strangled German industry with regulations. Importing Russian gas was an exception to Green kookery acting as a huge subsidy for German industry and providing huge payola to the SPD and I suspect other German political parties.
Putin's invasion of Ukraine and China's rise destroyed the economic basis for German prosperity. The corrupt political "center" that has governed Germany for almost 30 years is now openly authoritarian in suppressing political opposition to maintain its grip on power.
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