Is austerity winning the argument on ‘euro-zone’ recovery?
Can the solutions to the crisis also be socially just?
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Date
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Thursday, 30 April 2015
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Time
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18:30 - 20:00
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Venue
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Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
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Chair
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Professor Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory Director, LSE; Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies & Professor of European Politics
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Opening Speakers
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Paul Mason, Economics Editor, Channel 4 News
John Milios, Member of the Central Committee of SYRIZA; Professor of Political Economy, National Technical University of Athens
Holger Schmieding, Chief Economist, Berenberg Bank,
Miranda Xafa, Senior Scholar, CIGI and Former Member of the IMF Executive Board
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The debt crisis has provoked fierce debate over the best solutions for a return to growth on a sustainable basis. Some see ‘austerity’ as a necessary corrective, others feel this incurs unnecessary and profound social pain. Greece is the acute case in these respects: a test for euro-zone strategy and a challenge to political and social cohesion. The panellists addressed these issues from different perspectives, followed by a Q&A session.
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