Debt, private and public, and in particular excessive debt, has been debated to be one of the root causes of economic crises. At the same time, economic crises are believed to lead to an increase of debt. This book, through a range of contributors, explores certain constituents of an economy and...

Varoufakis sparked one of the most spectacular and controversial battles in recent political history when, as finance minister of Greece, he attempted to re-negotiate his country's relationship with the EU. Despite the mass support of the Greek people and the simple logic of his arguments, he...

Das Urteil ist vernichtend, das der renommierte Ökonom und langjährige Chefvolkswirt der UN-Organisation für Handel und Entwicklung (UNCTAD) Heiner Flassbeck (zuletzt ID-G 27/14) und sein Kollege und Syriza-Abgeordneter C. Lapavitsas über die Lage der europäischen Wirtschafts- und...

This book takes as its point of departure the observation that much of the critical discussion of the European political economy and the Eurozone crisis has focused upon an impending sense that solidaristic achievements built up during the first thirty years of the post-war period are being...

Der Politiker, Gründungs- und Vorstandsmitglied von "Syriza", fordert eine neue Sicht- und Deutungsweise der "griechischen Frage" und stellt das "griechische Problem" und seine Auswirkungen innerhalb der EU zur Diskussion. Rezension: Chondros, geboren 1958, als "linker Grieche" häufig in...

This book presents an overview of the economics and politics implemented in the European Union and especially the Eurozone during the crisis of 2008-2012. Although it focuses on these four years, the analysis starts from the establishment of the European Union and covers the period up to the...