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Date: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:22 PM<br>Subject: World Economics Association - call for papers<br>To: michel <<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>><br><br><br><u></u>
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<strong><span style="color:#ff0000">Call for papers</span></strong>
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<strong>World Economics Association <u>Online</u> Conference</strong></p>
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<span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Greece and austerity policies:
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Where next for its economy and society?</strong></span>
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<span style="font-size:14px">20<sup>th</sup> October - 21<sup>st</sup> December, 2014</span></p>
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<span style="color:#ff0000">Abstracts and papers should be submitted to:</span><strong> <a href="mailto:weagreececonference@gmail.com" target="_blank">weagreececonference@gmail.com</a></strong></p>
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Contributions from <strong>economists</strong>, <strong>economic historians</strong>, <strong>sociologists</strong> and <strong>political scientists</strong> are welcome.
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Papers falling within the broad topic of the conference though not on aspects explicitly noted below are also welcome.</p>
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<span style="font-size:11px">TIMETABLE:
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Deadline for <strong>abstracts:</strong> 30 August and deadline for <strong>papers</strong>: 27 September, 2014
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<strong>Discussion Forum</strong> begins on 20 October and ends on 21 December, 2014</span></p>
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<strong>The conference will be divided into three parts. Suggested topics for each are listed below.</strong></p>
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<span style="font-size:12px"><strong>Part 1: Greece on the eve of the financial crisis – Challenges and opportunities</strong></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11px">The Greek economy: regional development, de-industrialisation, research and innovation, banking sector, shipping, current account deficit, fragile growth, functional and personal income distribution; the role of transnational companies in the Greek economy.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px">Public finances and the role of the state: tax system, welfare system, education, health care, public debt, ‘Greek statistics’.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px">The Greek society: institutions, politics, group interests and social actors, social inequalities and social mobility, emigration, immigration.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px">Greece in the Eurozone: financialisation, structural imbalances, external debt, core-periphery divisions.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:12px"><strong>Part 2: The Greek crisis and austerity policies</strong></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11px">The handling of the financial crisis by the EU vis-a-viz the European banks</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px">The banking – sovereign debt crisis nexus</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px">The Troika – issues of economic governance</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px">Bailing out Greece, Economic Adjustment Programmes and debt restructuring</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px">Fiscal austerity: fiscal multipliers, inequality effects of fiscal measures</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px">Wage austerity: employment, productivity and inequality effects of the cut in minimum wages, wages and trade balance, wages and investment, wage cuts in the private sector and government revenues</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px">Privatisation: Effects on the public debt over the short and the long run, economic and social implications</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px">Labour deregulation and flexibility: changes in the labour law and their implications</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px">The Greek banking sector in crisis</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px">Critical appraisals of the austerity programme: institutional background, theoretical underpinnings, implementation, international and intra-EU comparisons</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px">The crisis of the political system and the strengthening of fascist forces</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:12px"><strong>Part 3: Where to now for Greece?</strong></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11px">Public debt sustainability</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px">Public debt and Welfare system</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px">Growth and unemployment</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px">Economic sustainability and social cohesion</span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px">On-going economic transformation and prospects</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px">In or out of the Eurozone (fiscal policy, monetary policy, financial system, industrial policy, exchange rate policy)</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px">The political system in a state of flux</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:11px">The Greek society in the post-austerity era</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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The failure of the austerity policies in Greece calls for radically different approaches to the Greek crisis and for the implementation of alternatives to austerity policies. Otherwise, the possibility of a prolonged period of economic, social and political instability in Greece is extremely high. The implications of such instability for the European Union, indeed for Europe more generally, should not be underestimated. The lessons of the Greek case are of a more general applicability particularly because austerity policies are now applied in many countries in Europe and beyond. These are the reasons which led to the organization of the present conference.</p>
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<span style="font-size:18px"><span style="color:#ff0000">Abstracts and papers should be submitted to:</span> <strong><a href="mailto:weagreececonference@gmail.com" target="_blank">weagreececonference@gmail.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<strong>Conference Leaders</strong></p>
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<span style="font-size:12px"><strong>Yannis Dafermos</strong> – University of the West of England. Email address: <a href="mailto:Yannis.Dafermos@uwe.ac.uk" target="_blank">Yannis.Dafermos@uwe.ac.uk</a> </span>
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<strong style="font-size:12px">Marica Frangakis</strong><span style="font-size:12px"> – Formerly with Agricultural Bank of Greece and National Bank of Greece Group. Currently independent researcher. E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:frangaki@otenet.gr" style="font-size:12px" target="_blank">frangaki@otenet.gr</a><span style="font-size:12px"> </span>
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<strong style="font-size:12px">Christos Tsironis</strong><span style="font-size:12px"> – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:frangaki@otenet.gr" style="font-size:12px" target="_blank">frangaki@otenet.gr</a><span style="font-size:12px"> </span></p>
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