A pioneering case study of Poland's economic success
Uses a specific country study in order to inform broader arguments on development and growth
Provides a new take on the role of institutions, culture, ideas, and leaders in development
Adds to the inventory of successful growth models with the new "Warsaw Consensus" model
Contributes to economic theory on the role of institutions through a new extension to the the Acemoglu-Johnson-Robinson framework that highlights the conditions needed for countries to shift from the extractive to the inclusive society equilibrium, and vice versa