Approve of Move From State Controlled to Free Market Economy? Disapprove
Despite its recent drop in economic growth and rise in unemployment and inflation, nearly eight-in-ten (79%) Czechs approved of the change from a state-controlled to a free market economy in the post-communist period. Of the other publics surveyed in the region, only east Germans (82%) rivaled Czechs in their support for free markets.
Approve of Move From State Controlled  | to Free Market Economy?  | Disapprove  | Approve  | East Germany  | 12 82  | Czech Rep  | 15 79  | 15 71  | Poland  | Slovakia  | 24 66  | 39 53  | Bulgaria  | Lithuania  | 28 50  | Russia  | 41 50  | Hungary  | 42 46  | Ukraine  | 47 36  | Question wording varies slightly among countries 