FILE PHOTO: Leszek Balcerowicz, a former finance minister, attends celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of the first free democratic parliamentary election in Poland, at the European Solidarity Centre in Gdansk, Poland June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel -/File Photo
WARSAW (Reuters) - Thirty years ago, Leszek Balcerowicz unleashed the "shock therapy" that put Poland on the path to rapid economic growth after decades of communist rule.
Business boomed, the economy expanded and the former finance minister and central bank chief won plaudits in the West for his reforms.
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