Poland's political system - changes and futures, Kazimierz Kloc; Polish society after the communist experiement, Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski; the environment, Michal Rusinski; energy and conservation, Marek Lubinski; external disequilibrium and adjustment processes, Krzystof Kalicki; foreign trade, Ryszard Rapacki; capital investments, Andrzej Parkola; prices, incomes and consumption, Marian Gorski; housing, Jacek Laszek; the banking system and monetary policy, Grzegorz Jedrzejczak and Krzystof Kalici; agriculture; economic policy - overview.