Social Programs of the United Right Government – PR Success or a Series of Unfulfilled Promises?

Abstract

The aim of the article is to analyze the social programs introduced by the Law and Justice government in Poland in 2015–2023, focusing on their impact on the management of the country’s economy. Through the prism of the selected social programs, the article assesses whether their implementation brought the intended success in reducing poverty and improving living conditions, or whether it contributed to the emergence of new challenges, e.g. the economic crisis. One of the key examples used by the article’s author is the “500 plus” program, which has generated not only huge costs for the country, but also – around which a number of myths have emerged such as that women are dropping out of the labor force in huge numbers after taking advantage of its benefits.