The Making of Economic Reform in Eastern Europe: Conversations With Leading Reformers in Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic (Studies of Communi)

This text features interviews with three of the key human actors behind the reforms in Eastern Europe: Lesek Balcerowicz, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minsiter of Finance, 1990-91; Peter Akos Bod, President of the National Bank of Hungary and formerly Minister of Industry; and Vaclav Klaus, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakian Minister of Finance. The conversations include discussion about their personal and intellectual formation, their views of the development and design of the reform package, their initial expectations, the process of implementing the reforms and the prospects for the future.