James K.Galbraith is the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in government-business relations at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, a senior scholar of the Levy Economics Institute, and chair of the Board of Economists for Peace and Security. His most recent book is The End of Normal: The Great Crisis and the Future of Growth. He is also a member of DiEM25’s Advisory Panel.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Straight talk on trade, international institutions, Greek austerity and inequalityEuropean austerity is a politics of power. It’s a banker protection racket. And the fact is, the strategy has now failed.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The poisoned chalicePart two of the insider view of negotiations between Greece and the Eurogroup. When is a rescue not a rescue but a seizure of assets? Interview.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Greek referendum: a peculiar situation and an infamous actA close adviser to Greece’s former Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, gives an insider view of the government negotiations with the Eurogroup. Interview by acTVism Munich. Deutsch.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A Great German Greek Grexit Game?Curzon Price is clearly right that the “game” is not “chicken.” It is not zero-sum. But the real question is, is it a game?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Whither Europe? The Modest Camp vs the Federalist AusteriansProposals are multiplying – especially as evidence mounts that the crisis is continuing, despite all the official announcements of its end. Why not save Europe today, so that we can consider, in due course, how best to proceed with deeper, more difficult measures later on?
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