ABSTRACT
The relationship between economics and politics is much too obvious to warrant detailed consideration. Economic stagnation and failure to keep pace with the worldwide rhythm of civilizational change have become obvious and acute because of the rapid deterioration of the material and social standing of the general populace. Reform attempts have focused on actions seeking to replace the centralized command system with a system of regulation involving economic parameters. Without a doubt the problem of economic transformation will encounter innumerable difficulties. The experience of the interwar period as well as the current development of communal ownership in Poland are indicative of the fact that this is a deficit-prone area, one which calls for support by other branches of the national economy. Resistance to a political and social order that was unacceptable to an overwhelming majority of Polish society began to evolve into a material force under the impact of the growing incapacity of the economic system.
