Crisis in Europe and Policy Alternatives.

Add to your list(s) Download to your calendar using vCal

• Dr Ozlem Onaran, Middlesex University
• Wednesday 23 February 2011, 16:00-17:00
• Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, Room 4.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Ellen Ihrig.

We are in a new episode of the global crisis: the struggle to distribute the costs of the crisis. The financial markets are relabeling the crisis as a “sovereign debt crisis” and pressurizing the governments in diverse countries ranging from Greece to Britain to cut spending to avoid taxes on high income and wealth. In Europe the crisis laid bare the historical divergences. At the root of the problem is the neoliberal model which turned the periphery of Europe into markets for the core. The EU’s current policies are still assuming that the problem is a lack of fiscal discipline and do not question the structural reasons behind the deficits. The crisis calls for a major change in policy framework within Europe. This is a crisis of distribution and a reversal of inequality at the expense of labour is the only real solution.

This talk is part of the Land Economy Seminar Series series.

This talk is included in these lists:

• AUB_Cambridge Seminars
• Land Economy Seminar Series
• Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, Room 4

Note that ex-directory lists are not shown.