(Mass grave of Polish officers in Katyn Forest, exhumed by Germany in 1943) The Katyn forest massacre committed by the Soviet Union occurred between April and May 1940. Though killings took place in Kalinin and Kharkiv prisons operated by the NKVD and elsewhere, the massacre is named after the Katyn forest where mass graves were […]
SURVIVING KATYN: STALIN’S POLISH MASSACRE AND THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH by Jane Rogoyska
SURVIVING KATYN: STALIN’S POLISH MASSACRE AND THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH by Jane Rogoyska
15 Dec 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, economics of crime, law and economics, laws of war, Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: Poland, World War II
THE CIA BOOK CLUB: THE SECRET MISSION TO WIN THE COLD WAR WITH FORBIDDEN LITERATURE by Charlie English
26 Aug 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: Cold War, Poland
(Lech Walesa remains a hero to many Poles for having led the Solidarity movement) At a time when book bans and censorship has gained popularity in the United States among certain elements in society it is interesting to explore a book that does the opposite. Charlie English’s new work, THE CIA BOOK CLUB: THE SECRET […]
THE CIA BOOK CLUB: THE SECRET MISSION TO WIN THE COLD WAR WITH FORBIDDEN LITERATURE by Charlie English
Friedman vs Stiglitz: Estonia and Poland vs. Argentina and Venezuela
06 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: Argentina, Chile, Poland, regressive left, Venezuela
About 10 days ago, i showed that Milton Friedman was a much better economist than Joseph Stiglitz by comparing Chile (which followed Friedman’s ideas) and Venezuela (which followed Stiglitz’s ideas). It was a slam-dunk win for Friedman. Chile started poor and has become relatively prosperous. The opposite happened in Venezuela, which started relatively prosperous and […]
Friedman vs Stiglitz: Estonia and Poland vs. Argentina and Venezuela
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
27 Aug 2024 1 Comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Poland, World War II
Last year, when I visited Dachau, we had an Irish guide. He was knowledgeable about Dachau, but I disagreed with him on one thing he said. To my own surprise, I didn’t give him a history lesson and decided to let it go because my main purpose there was to gain some understanding of Dachau. […]
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
Why did Japan refuse Poland’s declaration of war in WW2?
28 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, International law, war and peace Tags: Japan, Poland, World War II
Poland’s Struggle for Independence During WW1 I THE GREAT WAR
13 Aug 2021 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: Poland, World War I
Yes @amnesty should lift its game
31 Jan 2021 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, law and economics Tags: abortion law reform, Poland, political correctness, regressive left
How Lithuanian was Poland Lithuania?
02 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, International law Tags: maps, Poland
Poland Rises in the East I BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1921 Part 2 of 2
12 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, International law, war and peace Tags: Poland, World War I
How did the Soviets Lose to Poland? (1919-1921) | Animated History
09 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: Poland, Russia, World War I
Poland is pushing the EU into crisis
14 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in international economic law, international economics, International law, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: EU, Poland
Poland is pushing the EU into crisis
14 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in international economic law, international economics, International law, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: EU, Poland
Poland’s Territorial Changes 1635-Present – Life, Death & Rebirth – Brilliant Maps
20 Feb 2016 1 Comment
in economic history Tags: maps, Poland
Poland has gone from being the largest country in Europe to being wiped off the map, not once but several times. The map traces the history of Poland’s borders from 1635 to the present day.
Source: Poland’s Territorial Changes 1635-Present – Life, Death & Rebirth – Brilliant Maps
Hitler and Stalin completed their conquest of Poland today 1939
18 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: Nazi collaborators, Poland, Russia, Stalin, World War II
HT: Tom Palmer
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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