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 Amsterdam BEN FINE Professor of Economics, University of London JÖRG HUFFSCHMID Professor of Political Economy and Economic Policy, University of Bremen GEORGIOS KATIPHORIS Senior Lecturer, University College London LOUKA T. KATSELI Professor of Economics, University of Athens KOSTAS LAPAVITSAS Lecturer in Economics, University of London DAVID LAIBMAN Professor of Economics at Brooklyn College, University of New York GEORGE LIODAKIS Professor of Economics, Technical University of Crete THANASSIS MANIATIS Researcher, Center for Planning and Economic Research STAVROS MAVROUDEAS Assistant Professor of Political Economy, University of Macedonia JOHN MILIOS Associate Professor of Political Economy, National Technical University, Athens DIMITRIS MILONAKIS Lecturer in Economics, University of Crete NIKOS PETRALIAS Professor of Political Economy, University of Athens ANWAR M. SHAIKH Professor of Economics, New School for Social Research PANOS TSAKLOGLOU Assistant Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business LEFTERIS TSOULFIDIS Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Macedonia RICHARD WOLFF Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts