Please see:
Jan Toporowski «On the Brexit issue – politico-economic implications»;
Marica Frangakis: «The multiple meanings of EU exit and their implications for the future of the EU»
Please see:
Jan Toporowski «On the Brexit issue – politico-economic implications»;
Marica Frangakis: «The multiple meanings of EU exit and their implications for the future of the EU»
A significant change has taken place in the EU state of affairs in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, which morphed into a debt crisis in the Eurozone. What was thus far unthinkable became a possibility. The exit of a member state from the Union came to be contemplated, speculated and acted upon. More
The slides:
The Polish economist Michał Kalecki (1899-1970) died some 45 years ago, unfortunately before he could reveal his thoughts on current developments in the Labour Party. He was famous for his refusal to join any political party, More
Wolfgang Streeck’s Gekaufte Zeit/ Buying Time contains a compelling analysis that points to the origins of the current crisis in the wave of strikes of 1968-69. It caused the capitalist class to try and wrest free from the post-war social (-democratic) contract forced on it by labour. More
As Olexandr Kravchuk pointed Ukrainian oligarchic capitalism was not that much better before the 2008-2009 crises. Ukrainian economy was programmed for destruction More
There have been several distinct phases. (1.1) In the beginning, there was general irritation how something so unpredicted could happen; even hard core economists were full of doubt. More
We can find such terms like „groups of elites“ or „ruling capital fractions“ in some posts on this blog. And reviewing the blogs for/of the previous EUexperts’ discussions, two remarks seem to be helpful: 1. the time, when the concept More
The European Union is an institutionalized association of member states which is functioning as a central element of the present global political and economical constellation of powers. Like this present constellation of powers on a global scale the EU is a structure of domination in which the capital groups More
In a few words, everything has changed. Given that in Greece, the GDP has decreased more than 26% (something that has never happened again during peace period) and is going to decrease even more during 2016, the crisis has been proven to be the most significant turning point in the postwar period. More
Reading and debating this paper critically can help to prepare our discussion on December 13th. One remark on the weaknesses: The highly interesting paper equates “left” with “social democratic” and foregoes a politeconomic analysis of capital. More