2. The global economic crisis – Catherine Samary

Outline of the conference

Media:EN_Outline_Catherine_Samary_(short)_YS2012.doc

Basic texts

A) File:Mandel-marxist-theory-of-crisis.doc

B) Michel Husson, "Toxic Capitalism"

C) François Sabado, "Report on the International Situation"

D) Manifesto of the appalled economists (Extracts)

E) "Towards a Western/Eastern Europe Banking and Social Tsunami", Catherine Samary Media:TowardsSocial&BankingTsunami.rtf‎

Further readings

• Joseph Choonara "Marxist accounts of the current crisis", International Socialism

• Ernest Mandel, Introduction to Marxist economic theory

• Capitalism and the economic crises (marxist website)

On Eastern Europe

• Plan and Democracy: The Experience of the So-Called Socialist Countries, Catherine Samary

• The Fragmentation of Yugoslavia: An Overview, Catherine Samary

• "Beyond Cold war Linearities : Entangled Histories and Interactive Ideas", Catherine Samary Media:Revisiting1989.doc‎