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THE PAPERS
There is no future for the peripheral countries inside the Eurozone
Yiannis Tolios
The profound economic crisis gave explosive rise to core problems of the EMU structure. Dominant Eurozone elites attempt to avert the collapse of the tenuous euro – structure, by preserving its neoliberal ‘psyche’ unharmed, with austerity policies and construction of … More ›
Greek economy as a failure of capitalist patriarchy and the choice of dystopia
Irene Sotiropoulou
The paper uses feminist theory to analyse the political economic phenomenon which has been termed “crisis” since fall 2008 onwards. The purpose of the paper is to investigate if and how the “crisis” is a response to either conscious and … More ›
A New Economic Governance Model for Greece in the 21st Century
Constantine E. Passaris
The mission and mandate of economic governance in Greece and its accompanying institutional architecture requires a re-alignment in order to conform to the realities of the new global economy of the 21st century. Two recent events, one foundational and the …More ›
Understanding Narratives of Crisis in Contemporary Greece: History and the Illegitimacy of Austerity
Nicholas Manganas
In this paper I argue that any future economic recovery in Greece will require a deep understanding of the fault lines of contemporary Greece and the long-standing historical narratives which sustain and fuel the modern Greek state. The tension between …More ›
An Interpretation of the current Crisis in Greece and the Need of a radically different Perspective
George Liodakis
Based on a Marxist methodology, this paper argues that the current crisis in Greece, part and parcel of the exacerbated global crisis of capitalism, is due to an over- accumulation of capital and is necessarily manifested as a more general …More ›
Austerity and social dialogue in Greece: the consequences of Greek Memoranda on social partners’ dialogue
Theodore Koutroukis and Spyros Roukanas
Aim of this paper is to criticize the impact of joint EC-ECB-IMF Programmes on the Greek industrial relation system, using an analysis of the institutional changes in the labour market and the social dialogue procedures. The paper examines a series …More ›
Financial political power and the role of the Institute of International Finance in the Greek debt restructuring
Manolis Kalaitzake
Much has been written about Greece and the largest debt restructuring in history that occurred as part of the Eurozone crisis in 2012. Nevertheless, little attention has been paid to the precise role of the financial industry representative, the Institute …More ›
Investors vs. Greece: The Greek ‘Haircut’ and Investor Arbitration under BITs
Ioannis Glinavos
Since 2012 a large number of foreign investors have been exploring legal avenues in order to challenge the Greek Haircut in investment arbitrations. This development follows the decision by Greece to trigger Collective Action Clauses (CAC) that were added to …More ›
Greece’s economic strategy and Eurozone crisis: TAVA
Gary Dymski and Stefanos Ioannou
This paper explores the elements of economic strategy for a national government taking office in Greece under the constraints imposed by Eurozone membership, even while hoping to transcend and transform those constraints. We first review some of the empirical and More ›
Financialization: The AIDS of economic system
Juan Pablo Durán Ortiz
Epistemologically the economic system can be understood through two approaches: biology and physics. The biological approach has been used to illustrate financialization, which is the process of reorienting all the economic resources from real production to the speculative market. This …More ›
Stabilization cocktails for a Eurozone Crisis-Solving Framework
Bruno-Pierre Carrier
As of late 2014, the Eurozone still has yet to enter a path of sustained recovery which brings dismal conditions to many European citizens, especially in the periphery. Optimum Currency Area theory can be used to analyze single currency areas, …More ›
Blood, Strawberries: Accumulation by Dispossession and Austere Violence against Migrant Workers in Greece
Anna Carastathis
Rendered vulnerable to hyper-exploitation through the process of precarious migration, migrant workers are coerced and disciplined by systemically violent means by the state, the para- state, and capital. However, the conditions facing migrant workers are mystified by racist discourses that …More ›
The Sudan and the IMF, a Policy with Disastrous Consequences
Ali Abdalla Ali
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