The objective of the article is to refer to the thesis about the need to modify the main paradigm of economic sciences -by which we mean mainstream economics -with all its consequences that influence the whole economic sciences. We posit the need for the modification of how economic sciences are practiced in ontological, epistemological, and methodological aspects. The need results from the impact of several factors that appeared even in the pre-pandemic period, for which Covid-19 may be a complementary and reinforcing circumstance that may even directly determine the change. Research Design & Methods:The main method we used was that of critical literature analysis. We constructed a set of normative recommendations for changes in economic sciences. Next, we selected four issues to exemplify the areas that require change, for which we proposed a set of postulates that constitute the desired modifications in economic sciences. Findings: The conducted literature review shows that the number of people convinced of the need to modify the assumptions and content of economic sciences grows systematically. Sometimes, there even appears a more elaborate demand for the revision of economic sciences, not only of their modification. Implications & Recommendations: Firstly, the most important consequence of the study is the justification of the postulate of departing from the dominance of the main paradigm of economic sciences contained in mainstream economics towards noticing the multi-paradigm character of economic sciences, and secondly, the support of the position leaning towards the active and normative involvement of economic sciences in creating/correcting the surrounding reality. Contribution & Value Added:The text is a synthesis of the postulates previously reported in the literature regarding the modification of economic sciences with the consequences caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Chronologically, the Covid-19 pandemic is the last of the causative factors of the revision under consideration -neither the only nor the most important factor -but what draws attention are its direct nature, violence, and the surprise associated with its appearance. Article type:research article

W artykule skupiono się na wskazaniu pożądanych kierunków polityki gospodarczej w Polsce na tle jej potencjału i aktualnych uwarunkowań. Założono, że stan polskiej gospodarki jest zdeterminowany współoddziaływaniem procesów transformacji, globalizacji i integracji europejskiej. Ostatnie chronologicznie determinanty tego stanu to kryzys wywołany pandemią COVOD-19 oraz agresja wojenna Rosji na Ukrainę. Wydarzenia te stworzyły zagrożenie stagflacją. Rosnące znaczenie Chin i wojna handlowa tego państwa z USA wraz z rosyjską agresją kruszą dotychczasowy międzynarodowy ład ekonomiczny. Procesy te zmieniają sytuację i perspektywy polskiej gospodarki, której sternicy powinni na nowo zdefiniować jej miejsce w nowym międzynarodowym ładzie gospodarczym, stopniowo wyłaniającym się pod wpływem tych wszystkich okoliczności. Niewiadomą jest finalny obraz następnej rzeczywistości gospodarczej. Jednak warto już teraz dążyć do włączenia polskich przedsiębiorstw w europejskie i światowe łańcuchy dostaw dzięki modernizacji technologicznej ich działalności. W obszarze polityki fiskalnej zamiast konkurować coraz niższymi stawkami i obciążeniami podatkowymi warto rozbudowywać infrastrukturę i instytucje publiczne. W odniesieniu do polityki monetarnej z powodu nieuchronnego wzrostu ryzyka ekonomicznego inwestycji zagranicznych w Polsce warto przyjąć euro i dzięki temu stworzyć bezpieczną perspektywę rozwoju gospodarczego.

The authors of the article put forward a thesis about the need to modify or revise the way in which economic sciences are practiced in ontological, epistemological and methodological terms. This results from the impact of a series of factors that appeared in the pre-pandemic period and for which COVID-19 may be a complementary, reinforcing or even directly determining circumstance. The structure of this article was subordinated to the adopted goal. Eight areas were selected for which a set of proposals was made for modifications in economic research. The main method used in the study is critical analysis of the literature.

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Purpose: recreating, comparing and evaluating research approaches of the supply chains management and the global value chains. Design/methodology/approach: comparative analysis based on the reconstruction of theoretical assumptions. Findings: e similarities and differences between the supply chains management theory and the global value chains theory. Research limitations/implications: simplifications resulting from the level of approach generalization. Practical implications: better understanding of tasks by managers. Social implications: revealing the links between economically oriented management and social effects. Originality/value: reconstruction of the theories and identification of similarities and differences. Keywords: supply chain management, global value chain. Category of the paper: general review.