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The collective volume THE GREEK CAPITALISM IN CRISIS – MARXIST ANALYSES has been translated Chinese and published in China. The book was edited by Stavros Mavroudeas and includes contributions of several Greek Marxist political economists. It was originally written in English and published by Routledge. The Chinese edition was translated in the NorthWest University (in X’ian) and published by China Economics Publishers. Several presentations of the book in Chinese...

SUFE (the Shanghai University of Economics and Finance) organised at Dishoui Lake an one-day conference on issues concerning the Chinese modernisation. I participate in this conference as an invited speaker and presented a paper analysing ‘The Adventures of Economic Policy within Mainstream Economics‘.

Banksvikt og faren for en ny krise[embedded content] Banksvikt og faren for en ny krise Av Stavros Mavroudeas Forfatteren er professor i politisk økonomi ved Panteion-universitet i Hellas. Den globale økonomien har nylig blitt rystet av en bankkrise. Fra USA – til tross for erklæringene i EU og andre steder – spredte problemene seg raskt videre, i det minste til resten av de vestlige økonomiene. Amerikanske Silicon Valley Bank ble fulgt av den forhastede redningen av den...

Den politiske alkymisten Yanis Varoufakis[embedded content] 14/09/2023Marxistisk senter Den politiske alkymisten Yanis Varoufakis Av Stavros Mavroudeas Verbale redningsmenn i krisetider I krisetider er det vanlig at det dukker opp «frelsere» som lover de lidende masser redning gjennom fantasifulle planer som skal reformere systemet og forbedre deres dårlige levestandard. Bak disse «frelsernes» høylytte rop mot systemet skjuler det seg mer eller mindre åpenbare...

https://www.elconfidencial.com/mundo/2023-08-24/retorno-pigs-ascenso-sur-union-europea_3722074/ Los PIGS frente al norte de Europa ¿El retorno de los ‘cerdos’? Qué hay tras el supuesto ascenso del sur frente al norte de la UE Grecia, Portugal y España registran datos de crecimiento económico por encima de la media europea, pero la posible vuelta de las políticas de austeridad acecha en el horizonte Quema de una foto de Angela Merkel con indumentaria nazi frente al Parlamento...

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This is the English transcript of an interview of S.Mavroudeas for the spanish site EL CONFIDENCIAL (https://www.elconfidencial.com/). Its subject is the state of the EU and the Greek economy. The Spanish translation will appear on the 25th of August 2023. [embedded content] View this document on Scribd

On this day, August 5, 1895, the co-founder of Marxism, Friedrich Engels, died. His contribution to both theoretical analysis and revolutionary politics was decisive, regardless of the fact that he himself chose to play «second fiddle». Today, his contribution is under the attack of «spineless friends of Marxism». The key points of this attack are that: (a) Marx was a liberal spirit who constantly investigated issues and who in the end probably did not have a firm opinion on...

Σαν σήμερα, την 5η Αυγούστου του 1895, πέθανε ο συνιδρυτής του Μαρξισμού Friedrich Engels. Η συνεισφορά του τόσο στην θεωρητική ανάλυση όσο και στην επαναστατική πολιτική υπήρξε καθοριστική, άσχετα με το γεγονός ότι ο ίδιος επέλεξε να κάνει το «δεύτερο βιολί». Σήμερα, η συμβολή του αυτή βρίσκεται στο στόχαστρο της επίθεσης «άσπονδων φίλων του Μαρξισμού». Τα βασικά σημεία της επίθεσης αυτής είναι ότι: (α) Ο Marx ήταν ένα φιλελεύθερο πνεύμα που ερευνούσε συνεχώς ζητήματα και που...

Abstract The financialization hypothesis (FH) is a popular leitmotiv which argues that the financial system conquers the commanding heights of the capitalist economy. It maintains that finance gained independence from productive-capital and began to dominate it. The FH bases this argument on several empirical claims concerning the size and the strategic role of financial entities. This article offers a critique of crucial analytical and empirical claims of the FH. It argues that the...