Stavros Mavroudeas Blog

S.Mavroudeas' Interview in SPUTNIK (7-12-2018) on the anniversary of A.Grigoropoulos' killing

This is another G20 summit in the current era of global turbulence The roots of this global turbulence lay in the shaking foundations of especially Western capitalism: a severe crisis in 2008, a weak recovery, low profitability, increased exploitation of workers and middle strata The shaking foundations of Western capitalism endanger the position of its dominant superpower, the US. The latter proceeds aggressively to buttress its dominance: unilateralism, international aggression,...

Συνέντευξη για την πολιτική και οικονομική κατάσταση της χώρας στον Prisma 91.6 FM της Πρέβεζας

OPEN LECTURE SERIES YEAR III – Academic year 2018/2019 Political Economy and Health “Developing a Dialogue Between Political Economy and Public Health” 22nd November 2018| 5.30 pm Michael Mason seminar room, Yvonne Carter Building (Whitechapel Campus) 58, Turner Street E1 2AB Stavros Mavroudeas: “Financialization Hypothesis: A Creative Contribution or a Theoretical Blind Alley?”

After a considerable period of calm there is currently a resurgence of popular mobilisations in Greece. The Greek people are suffering from a barbaric EU-IMF austerity program for 8 years. Initially there were massive popular reactions to austerity policies. Then they calmed down as SYRIZA’s election in government was supposed to ameliorate people’s living standards. This was disproved as SYRIZA continued the same austerity policies as its predecessors. The recent resurgence of popular...

Intervention in Russia Today (RT International) News (30-9-2018) on the FYROM referendum

Interview in PRESS TV 30-9-2018 on the FYROM referendum

Interview in Sputnik News (12-9-2018) on Tsipras' speech in the Euro-parliament

Comment in Press Tv (13-9-2018) on the US-China trade war

Yesterday (21/8/2018) I made a short comment in PRESS TV News regarding the supposed Greek exit from the troika (IMF-EU-ECB) program. The main points of the comment are the following. The supposed exit from the troika program is a sham. The program is practically continuing as there are more austerity measures in the pipeline, the repayment of the troika loans will take several decades (and it is not guaranteed, hence a future default is always on the cards) and the supervision by at least...