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Purpose: To analyse the issue of public debt in Poland and examine its effect on other areas of socio-economic life as well as government policy.Approach: The question of public debt is placed in its historical context by looking at how it grew during the Communist system and influenced the transition period. The article draws on a range of secondary economic statistics and considers in detail a number...