On the final day of the Copernican World Congress, scientists continued the astronomical debates. They also considered whether the constitutionalism of Western civilisation still exists and discussed the future of Russia and the sources of Poland’s economic success. 

“In the last thirty years, we have recorded exceptional economic development. The gap with the countries of Europe was being made up. Comparing GDP per capita in 1990, Poland produced 30 % of Germany’s product; today it is around 60 %”, said the moderator of the economic debate, Prof. Jakub Growiec. 

The debate on the sources of Poland’s success and challenges for the future was attended by Prof. Leon Podkaminer, a retired employee of the Vienna Institute for International Economic Comparisons, Prof. Cezary Kochalski from the Monetary Policy Council, and the Poznań University of Economics, as well as Prof. Jacek Kotłowski and Dr. Magda Ciżkowicz-Pękała from the Department of Economic Analysis and Research of the National Bank of Poland NBP.