An economic crisis is a spontaneous and a very complex phenomenon which generates both quantitative and qualitative processes, causing irreversible changes in the functioning of economies. Its dynamics, however, is more complex than the description in the context of the economic cycle. An economic crisis is not a homogeneous process and can be segmented into specific stages forming the model of a life cycle of a crisis. Application of this model allows to indicate the phase of the crisis and its crisis-factors and to measure its current potential and existing tensions, therefore can be a tool to develop anticrisis strategies.Kryzys gospodarczy jest zjawiskiem żywiołowym, wielowymiarowym i bardzo złożonym. Jego skutki można sklasyfikować zar...