10531. POLAND'S "SHOCK THERAPY" ECONOMIC REFORM AND EASTERN EUROPE. Examines the rapid and drastic market-oriented economic changes in Poland since the mid-1980s, contrasting them with the more gradual changes in other East European nations. Concludes that the Polish model could serve as a paradigm for the rest of the region and that such change was necessary for Poland. 12 pages, 40 footnotes, 25 bibliographic sources.