Why do so many international think-tanks rate Poland so poorly as far as economic freedom is concerned?

Presented by Peter Gentle

The Fraser Institute, Heritage Institute and others have ranked Poland well below the Czech Republic or Slovakia in terms of economic freedom. The heritage Institute, for instance, puts Poland around forty places below its neighbors in Central Europe.

But what criteria do these think-tanks use and do they reflect the reality of doing business in Poland? Maciej Krzak from the CASE research unit in Poland tells us his views.

Krzysztof Kramarz is along to look at whether GM’s recent sale of Opel will affect the production of the new Astra model in Gliwice, southern Poland.

That a bulletin of finance news and a whole lot more in this week’s the biz.