Την έκδοση επιμελήθηκαν οι συνεργάτες του Ινστιτούτου Νίκος Πουλαντζάς Έλενα Παπαδοπούλου και Γαβριήλ Σακελλαρίδης.

LIST OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD

 INTRODUCTION

 Elena Papadopoulou, Gabriel Sakellaridis

SECTION 1
Understanding the European debt crisis in a global perspective
– George Stathakis– The world public debt crisis
– Brigitte Unger– Causes of the Debt Crisis: Greek Problem or Systemic Problem?
– Euclid Tsakalotos– Crisis, Inequality and Capitalist Legitimacy
– Dimitris Sotiropoulos– Thoughts on the On-going European Debt Crisis: A New Theoretical and Political Perspective

SECTION 2
The management of the debt crisis by the EU and the European elites

– Marica Frangakis – From Banking Crisis to Austerity in the EU- The Need for Solidarity

– Jan Toporowski – Government Bonds and European Debt Markets

– Riccardo Bellofiore – The postman always rings twice: The euro crisis inside the global crisis.

SECTION 3
Facets of the social and political consequences of the crisis in Europe

 – Maria Karamessini – Global Economic Crisis and the European Union- Implications, policies and challenges

– Giovanna Vertova– Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: The Gender Impact of the Crisis

 – Elisabeth Gauthier– The Rule ofthe Markets: Democracy in Shambles

SECTION 4
The PIGS as (scape)goats
– Portugal- Marianna Mortagua
– Ireland- Daniel Finn
– Greece- Eric Toussaint
– Spain- Javier Navascués
– Hungary- Tamás Morva

SECTION 5
Overcoming the crisis: The imperative of alternative proposals
– Yiannis Dragasakis– A radical solution only through a common Left European strategy
– Kunibert Raffer – Insolvency Protection and Fairness for Greece: Implementing the Raffer Proposal
– Pedro Páez Pérez– A Latin-American Perspective on Austerity Policies, Debt and the New Financial Architecture
– Nicos Chountis– The Debt crisis and the Alternative Strategies of the Left
– Yanis Varoufakis– A Modest Proposal for Overcoming the Euro Crisis

SECTION 6
The crucial role of the European Left- Political interventions
– Alexis Tsipras– A European Solution for a European Problem: The Debt Crisis as a Social Crisis
– Pierre Laurent – People Should Not Pay for the Crisis of Capitalism