Like for instance, why is Poland getting worse? Explain.
Poland in my opinion is not getting worse, not if you think in the terms of living standard.
There no place here for long and elaborated essays, in short - Poland is is getting worse for some and getting better for some!
In a way is not really getting better or worse but changing! Those changes are not necessarily bad from the casual look of things, although after close examinations I must conclude that a poisonous tree can only bring poisonous fruits.
Maybe an inability to govern themselves?
Whoosh!
Explain !
Of course it's great to know it but most likely it's not helping you much to progress as a economical power.
Do you really believe that some theoretical stuff from uni make that much of the difference ?
You probably never spoke with anybody who remembered pre-WWII Poland or even never red anything reliable about it...
Wrong on both counts!
I am not sure by what standards other Poles are using to judge how Poland is "better off" or "not better off" today relative to pre WWII and WWII years.
Comparing, progress, effectiveness of government also by comparing others country's like Spain, Greece which were a way behind Poland before WWII, also by the thingy that Poland before WWII were leading country in a innovation and modern technology developments - and now is only as good as a receiving secondary market !
somehow more prosperous before the war
depends what you have in mind genius
growing GDP
Do you know what GDP is ? or you are just fascinated by a numbers that grows?
Turn your question to the ones who are running the 'show'.
Who is running the show ?