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Η αντιμετώπιση της ανεργίας στην Ελλάδα
Avgi, 8 Μαρτίου 2013. All Rights Reserved. Εξαιτίας του βίαιου προγράμματος δημοσιονομικής εξυγίανσης που ενορχηστρώθηκε από την Ε.Ε. και το ΔΝΤ στο πλαίσιο των προγραμμάτων «διάσωσης», η ανεργία στην Ελλάδα έχει ανέλθει σε καταστροφικά επίπεδα: από 12% τον Μάιο του 2010, την περίοδο που τίθεται σε εφαρμογή το πρώτο πακέτο «διάσωσης», εκτοξεύτηκε στο 27% προς […] -
MME, March 8, 2013
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Διεθνές φόρουμ ΙΝΕΡΠΟΣΤ: Σχόλια του Δημήτρη Β. Παπαδημητρίου
Μιλώντας για τις προκλήσεις που αντιμετωπίζει η ευρωζώνη και Ελλάδα, ο πρόεδρος του LevyInstitute κάνει λόγο για τέσσερις σημαντικές προκλήσεις—δύο που αφορούν τη δομή της ευρωζώνης και όλα τα κράτη-μέλη της, και δύο που αφορούν την Ελλάδα και, σε μικρότερο βαθμό, τις άλλες περιφερειακές χώρες της ευρωζώνης. Εξηγεί, επίσης, ότι οι πολιτικές επιλογές για την […] -
BlogThe Way We Talk (and Don’t Talk) About Money
Victoria Chick, a student of Hyman Minsky’s, elaborates on an issue that often strikes non-economists as somewhere between scandalous and baffling: the absence of any substantive acknowledgment of money in much of contemporary economics and economic modelling. (Particularly interesting around the 12:10 mark, where Chick argues that faulty or outdated language in relation to banking [...] -
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What to Do When Reality Refuses to Cooperate With Your Theory, Greek Edition
The evident failure of the ongoing austerity and “structural adjustment” experiments in Greece and the rest of the eurozone might have prompted some reconsideration of the intellectual foundations of those policies. Instead, as C. J. Polychroniou observes in his latest policy note, one notable reaction seems to have been to blame the test subjects: In [...] -
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The Tragedy of Greece
The crisis in Greece reflects the deep structural problems of the country’s economy, its bureaucratic inefficiency, and a pervasive culture of corruption. But it also reflects the deadly failure of the neoliberal project, which has become institutionalized throughout the European Union’s operational framework—with the International Monetary Fund the world’s single most powerful enforcer of market […] -
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Φόρουμ, March 1, 2013
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Έξοδος από την κρίση: Η πρόκληση της εναλλακτικής πορείας
Παρασκευή 8 & Σάββατο 9 Μαρτίου 2013 Πολυχώρος «Αθηναΐς» Καστοριάς 34-36 Βοτανικός |Αθήνα Για να δείτε αναλυτικά το πρόγραμμα κάντε κλικ εδώ. -
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Seminar: William Janeway on Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy
The Bard Economics Program and the Levy Economics Institute present: William H. Janeway Institute for New Economic Thinking and Warburg Pincus Technology Monday, March 4, 2013 4:45 p.m. Bard College Reem-Kayden Center for Science and Computation (RKC), Room 103 Excerpt from Doing Capitalism: “The Innovation Economy begins with discovery and culminates in speculation. Over some [...] -
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Exiting the Crisis: The Challenge of an Alternative Policy Roadmap
A forum organized by the Athens Development and Governance Institute and the Levy Economics Institute — “Exiting the Crisis: The Challenge of an Alternative Policy Roadmap” — will take place in Athens, Greece on March 8–9. The Levy Institute’s Dimitri Papadimitriou, James Galbraith, Jan Kregel, and Rania Antonopoulos are among the academics, journalists, politicians, and [...] -
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On Financial Transaction Taxes and Nonsense-Powered Economic Headwinds
Randall Wray joined Suzi Weissman on her “Beneath the Surface” radio show on Friday. They began the interview with a discussion of the policy blunders that are creating headwinds for the US economy, including the expiration of the payroll tax cut, the decline of real per capita government spending, and, as Wray put it, “the [...] -
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Wray, Partnoy, and Brenner on the Economic Crisis
Tomorrow at UCLA, Randall Wray, Frank Partnoy, and Robert Brenner will discuss “The Economic Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and What’s Next” as part of the annual colloquium series of the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History. The speakers will consider the origins and results of the ongoing global economic crisis. They will give special attention to [...]