Kornai János: The Role of the State in a Post-Socialist Economy. WSPiZ & TIGER Distinguished Lectures Series No. 6. Warsaw, Poland, Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management, 2002.
JANOS KORN AI 1 On 16th of November 2001 Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management was visited by János Kornai - Allie S. Freed Professor of Economics from Harvard University and Permanent Fellow from Collegium Budapest who gave a lecture entitled “The Role of State in a Post-Socialist Economy". After invitation by the Rector of LKAEM, Professor Andrzej K. Kozminski; Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko, the Director of TIGER (Transformation, Integration, Globalization, Economic Research) introduced the distinguished guest. Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko: Welcome again to our Distinguished Lectures Series at the Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management. This is my great privilege to welcome today Professor János Kornai, a great friend of Poland and a great economist. Whether one takes a global perspective or a western perspective, there is no doubt that Professor János Kornai has been the leading economist in our part of the world for already a number of years. I think it is also very important to add that despite being Hungarian, Professor Kornai, as far as his