Tadeusz Kowalik: Radical Political Economist, Solidarity Advisor and Critic of Globalised Capitalism

PSL Quarterly Review, Vol. 66, No. 264, pp. 50-57, 2013

9 Pages Posted: 28 Apr 2013 Last revised: 1 Apr 2014

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Jan Toporowski

University of London - School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

Date Written: March 15, 2013

Abstract

The work is an obituary of Tadeusz Kowalik, the doyen of Polish political economists, who died in Warsaw on July 30th, 2012. In the English-speaking world Kowalik is best known as the last surviving collaborator of Michał Kalecki, an advisor to the Polish trade union Solidarity during the 1980s, and subsequently as a fierce critic of the brand of capitalism that established itself in his country.

Keywords: Tadeusz Kowalik, Solidarity, Michał Kalecki, Poland

JEL Classification: B32, B24, E12

Suggested Citation

Toporowski, Jan, Tadeusz Kowalik: Radical Political Economist, Solidarity Advisor and Critic of Globalised Capitalism (March 15, 2013). PSL Quarterly Review, Vol. 66, No. 264, pp. 50-57, 2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2257306

Jan Toporowski (Contact Author)

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