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2019

2019
On the occasion of the jubilee of Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko, the quarterly "Acta Oeconomica", a prestigious scientific journal with impact factor, has published a special edition (Vol. 69, Special Issue 1). In previous years, only three special editions were published devoted to the scientific achievements of such eminent economists as John von Neumann, Nicholas Kaldor and Janos Kornai. In the group of 18 distinguished authors of published articles is the Nobel Prize laureate in economic sciences, Edmund S. Phelps.

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2019
Palgrave Macmillan has published the paperback edition of the new book by Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko entitled „Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future”. The work, released in two parts, Vol. I and Vol. II, is published also in Chinese, Russian, Polish and Romanian. Let’s mention that the pictures at the both volumes covers are also made by Professor Kolodko.

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May 2019 The Publishing House PWN has published a book edited by Grzegorz W. Kolodko and Jacek Tomkiewicz entitled 'Strategy for Poland. A quarter of a century later” (in Polish). This unique work, consisting of 472 pages, was prepared by an eighteen-strong team of authors - theoreticians of economics, finance and management as well as politicians and business practitioners. Table of Contents September 3-5, 2019 Krynica-Zdroj is hosting the 29th Economic Forum. This time, debates in which the TIGER director, Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko also takes part, are held under the slogan "Europe of Tomorrow. ‘Strong’ Meaning What?" September 17-19, 2019 At the invitation of Professor Robert Wolcott, the director of TIGER Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko participates in the TWIN Global 2019 meeting in Chicago. During the conference with the participation of intellectuals, political leaders, entrepreneurs, managers and innovators, the challenges faced by the global economy and civilization are discussed. October 7, 2019 At the invitation of Professor Edmund Phelps, the Nobel laureate in the economic sciences, Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko takes part in a conference on the subject of "Progressivism, Socialism, Nationalism". The organizer of the conference, in which participates also the Nobel Prize winner, Professor Joseph Stiglitz, is the Center on Capitalism and Society of Columbia University in New York. October 11-12, 2019 Professor G. W. Kolodko has been invited to participate as a guest speaker in the 17th edition of the Rhodes Forum organized by The Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute on the Greek island of Rhodes. The Economic Panel for this year is titled “Shared Economic Narratives”. October 23-24, 2019 Due to outstanding research achievements the Academia Europaea has to invited Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko to became its member. In this noble group he is the only Polish economist. The TIGER Director receives the nomination and delivers a speech during the 31st Plenary Conference of the Academy, which takes place in Barcelona under the slogan "Building Bridges 2019". November 7-8, 2019 The Institute of Social Sciences in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) is organizing an international conference entitled "Rethinking Asian Capitalism and Society in the 21st Century: A Comparative Overview on 30 Years of Vietnam's Achievements under Doi Moi and Challenges Ahead". On this occasion, Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko was invited to give a special lecture on the theory of post-socialist transformation and to share with participants his own experience from managing transition to the market economy in Poland.