Podcasts Other Radio Prague International - Topic «Business» Thirty years later, was voucher privatisation a good decision?

Thirty years later, was voucher privatisation a good decision?

Published: May 19, 2022, 12:06 p.m.

b'This week marks exactly 30 years since the beginning of the first round of voucher privatisations in post-communist Czechoslovakia. The government scheme made it possible for any Czech adult citizen to buy a \\u201cvoucher book\\u201d that contained shares in a range of state enterprises. I discussed the often derided system with Professor Ev\\u017een Ko\\u010denda from Charles University\\u2019s Institute of Economic Studies.'