BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Poland and the Future of the Eurozone - Prof Leszek Balcerowicz\, 
 College of Europe
DTSTART:20160127T180000Z
DTEND:20160127T200000Z
UID:TALK62936@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:21355
DESCRIPTION:Professor Leszek Balcerowicz - Former Polish Finance Minister\
 , Deputy Prime Minister and President of the National Bank of Poland - sha
 res his perspectives on the future of the Eurozone and on Poland's potenti
 al entry to the monetary union.\n\nLeszek Balcerowicz is a key architect o
 f Poland's post-1989 economic success. As Finance Minister in the first el
 ected government of the new democratic era\, Balcerowicz authored and intr
 oduced a bold set of reforms to facilitate the country's rapid transition 
 from centrally planned to free market economy. The "Balcerowicz Plan" - or
  "Shock Therapy" - has been praised by economists across the world as a fa
 rsighted strategy and a crucial step on the path towards Poland's current 
 growing prosperity.\n\nProfessor Balcerowicz is currently a Distinguished 
 Associate of the International Atlantic Economic Society. He is the founde
 r and director of the Civic Development Forum (FOR)\, an independent think
  tank based in Poland. In 2014\, he won the Milton Friedman Prize for Adva
 ncing Liberty.\n\nProfessor Balcerowicz's lecture on the challenges facing
  the Eurozone and on Poland's economic future will be followed by question
 s and discussion hosted by Dr Stanley Bill\, Lecturer in Polish Studies at
  Cambridge.\n\nThis event is organized by Cambridge Polish Studies in part
 nership with the Forum on Geopolitics at the Department of Politics and In
 ternational Studies.
LOCATION:Main Lecture Theatre\, St John's College\, Cambridge
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR