Konrad Raczkowski is Full Professor of Economics and Vice-Rector of the Cardinal Stefan WyszyĆski University in Warsaw, Poland; Visiting Research Scholar at the City University of New York; Former Deputy Minister of Finance in Poland; and member of the National Development Council of the President of Republic of Poland. More at: www.konradraczkowski.info Piotr Komorowski has a PhD in economics and is Deputy Director of the Centre for the World Economy and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Economics and Finance at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland; the manager and member of many project teams, and practitioner in the field of banking and business.