How Counter-Economics Took Down The Polish Communist State

The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) has published an article that agorists ought to find particularly relevant and inspiring — A Tribute to the Polish People. It’s basically the story of how counter-economics was the downfall of the Polish communist state.

Excerpts:

“Poland’s communist leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski had struck an agreement with Lech Walesa’s banned Solidarity organization early in the year to legalize suppressed political groups and schedule elections for June 4. He had little choice. Poland, he declared, had become ‘ungovernable.’”

“Poles were dodging and weaving around the Jaruzelski regime in ways that almost defied imagination. Shortages of basic foodstuffs, double-digit inflation, and a powerful secret police did not deter them from creating thriving black markets and flourishing private institutions, from radio to theaters to publishing houses and schools.”

Read it.