Greece: Phase Two

Abstract

Costas Lapavitsas (see, Costas Lapavitsas et al., ‘Euro-zone crisis: beggar thyself and thy neighbour’, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, v.12, n.4, December 2010), a Professor of Economics at SOAS, University of London, and now elected member of the Greek parliament with left-wing party, Syriza, talks to Sebastian Budgen about Marxism and Keynesianism; the Euro-zone crisis; Greece’s predicaments; and ways out of the economic and political crisis that hit Greece and the continent. We are thankful to Sebastian Budgen and the Jacobin magazine for allowing reproduction of the interview in JBNES.