Poland richer than Portugal!

The new Golden Age of Poland and New Europe is coming fast...

According to the new data from the IMF's World Economic Outlook (Spring 2012), GDP per capita PPP in Poland will exceed that of Portugal by 2015 (given the downside risks to growth in Portugal, probably even sooner), which will likely be the first time in Poland's more than 1000 year old history when Poles will become richer than the Portuguese.

By 2017, Poles will be almost as rich as Greeks (although the IMF is probably too optimistic on Greece here..) and Saudi Arabs (except that Poland has no oil... with shale gas, if the predicted bonanza proves to be real, we will be richer than Saudi sheiks even sooner).

I was right then back in 2009, at the bottom of the crisis, when I published a paper on "The Coming Golden Age of New Europe". I now hope to finish the book on it soon too. Stay tuned!