Contemporary Economic Theory ― Radical Critiques of Neoliberalism

Leading international scholars challenge neoliberalism on its assumptions, way of reasoning and empirical evidence. In particular, they discuss critically, from the standpoint of radical perspectives, the issues of limiting the state and privatization, inflation and unemployment, and the possibility of a socialist society. They also discuss the current project for the monetary and economic union (EMU) of Europe, considered as an application of neoliberalism. They assess and question the internal market, the common currency and central bank independence; and investigate alternatives to the EMU project and the marketization agenda.

GUGLIELMO CARCHEDI Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, University of AmsterdamBEN FINE Professor of Economics, University of LondonJORG HUFFSCHMID Professor of Political Economy and Economic Policy, University of BremenGEORGIOS KATIPHORIS Senior Lecturer, University College LondonLOUKA T. KATSELI Professor of Economics, University of AthensKOSTAS LAPAVITSAS Lecturer in Economics, University of LondonDAVID LAIBMAN Professor of Economics at Brooklyn College, University of New YorkGEORGE LIODAKIS Professor of Economics, Technical University of CreteTHANASSIS MANIATIS Researcher, Center for Planning and Economic ResearchSTAVROS MAVROUDEAS Assistant Professor of Political Economy, University of MacedoniaJOHN MILIOS Associate Professor of Political Economy, National Technical University, AthensDIMITRIS MILONAKIS Lecturer in Economics, University of CreteNIKOS PETRALIAS Professor of Political Economy, University of AthensANWAR M. SHAIKH Professor of Economics, New School for Social ResearchPANOS TSAKLOGLOU Assistant Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and BusinessLEFTERIS TSOULFIDIS Assistant Professor of Economics, University of MacedoniaRICHARD WOLFF Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts