Found this on the Polish Radio website. Any comments?
In the past ten years the average adult Pole has managed to increase his wealth three-fold. The Global Wealth Report drafted by Credit Suisse reveals that Poles are getting richer quickly, although citizens of western European countries are still eight to nine times more affluent.
The average estate of an adult Poles amounts to around 28,600 US dollars. The average UK citizen possesses eight times that sum, with the French owning up to nine times that figure.
In Central Europe, only the Czech Republic houses wealthier citizens than Poland, with the average Czech owning 31,800 US dollars. The average German, however, has an estate worth 164,000 US dollars.
According to the Credit Suisse report, the richest people on the planet are the Swiss, Norwegians, Australians, Singaporians and the French. The average Swiss citizen has an estate worth 372,000 US dollars.
Nothing surprising there - as in every society. A certain amount of supply and demand, speculation - above all - location, location, location, more oversees earnings, more management buy-outs, restructurisation, salary increases for the professional classes to approx 40 per cent ( or higher in some key areas) of Western Europe.
It's all good - I get to meet some middle class nouveau riche as clients - but they seem to wear it well, and it has to be good news.
considering the increase in property values, it's not surprising. Median income however has most definitely not risen threefold over the past 10 years.
The average estate of an adult Poles amounts to around 28,600 US dollars.
And as there are still big differences between Poles themselves (Poland A and Poland B)... I guess the Poles living in Warsaw and Silesia own much more.
According to the Credit Suisse report, the richest people on the planet are the Swiss, Norwegians, Australians, Singaporians and the French. The average Swiss citizen has an estate worth 372,000 US dollars.
Some Poles are getting rich, most stay in the moderate or low income bracket. My friend went to Poland after 18 years and found her friends living in the same, small, dingy apartments...
Average wages have increased 50% over the last 10 years.
stat.gov.pl/gus/5840_1630_ENG_HTML.htm
Unfortunately the government only keeps info on average salaries, not median salaries. 10 years ago the zloty/euro exchange rate was exactly the same as it is today.
A conversation for people completely detached from reality and lack of knowledge of probability and statistics, but that is who those figures are for. Somehow I don't feel better being considered a multi-billionare.
Good luck to those who have attained wealth through hard work, but in reality the majority of Polish elite are corrupt crooks whom amassed their wealth at the expense of good hard working class honest Poles.
There were those who managed to fraudulently obtain mass proportions of real estate, distributed amongst relatives when Poland came out of communism at chicken feed prices, who now are sitting pretty, the rest of the working class were left with zero.
Those same people run a monopolistic tight regime presently, and those trying to better themselves often come up against a brick wall of bureaucracy and threats.
Money talks, so if you,ve got it, you prosper, especially in Polish society. (money makes money). Unfortunately those who have,nt face a life of tormented hard labour and abuse.
As Seanus says, don,t believe in propaganda. Look at Polands unemployment stats and tell me how are Poles getting rich. Are we talking about the minority or majority ?
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel, despite perennial fears of war, has emerged as one of the hottest - and least likely - property markets in the world: Since real estate collapsed around the globe in 2008, at least one industry watchdog lists it as the fastest-rising property market on earth.
Too right! The hottest and the most explosive one! I think we can even talk about a "Boom!" on Israeli real estate market. In the future we may witness even hotter and more explosive market booms in Israel.
Let's bring it back, then. Tusk and Kommie are making western Poland richer and eastern Poland poorer. Saying that Poles are getting rich is only half the story.
How are they getting screwed over? They're not increasing spending even further for unaffordable welfare payments? It's not like anything has been taken away...
Some Poles are getting rich, most stay in the moderate or low income bracket. My friend went to Poland after 18 years and found her friends living in the same, small, dingy apartments...
Just terrible... were they happy?
Like most cultural societies, they were not established in the name of progress... this tends to destroy cultural identity.... Be careful what you wish for.
