CALL FOR PAPERS

Reconstruction of Production in Greece:

study the past, plan for the future
The problem of restructuring production in Greece becomes increasingly urgent.
Nevertheless, recent relevant studies fall significantly shorter compared to those
scientific analyses and the resulting proposals that took place during the first postwar decade. This indicates anything but a momentum for overcoming the impasses
of modern Greek society and economy.
We believe that we have much to learn from those pioneering scientific studies
and, thereby, to design updated and safe policies for facing the extremely critical
period we live in. Moreover, we think that, taking into account the newest
theoretical information and empirical data, we should contribute to the opening of a
public, scientifically documented, discussion for the reconstruction of production in
our country and for the respective institutional changes that will strengthen it.
Based upon this acknowledgement, the Department of Economics of the
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Department of Economics of the
University of Macedonia and the Institute for Social Research Dimitris Mpatsis, in
collaboration with the Department of Marketing of the Alexander Technological
Educational Institute of Thessaloniki and the support of the Political Economy
Research Group (PERG) and the Association of Economists of Thessaloniki
organize a Conference on the:
Reconstruction of Production in Greece:
study the past, plan for the future.
which will be hosted on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November 2015 in the
Department of Economics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
At the heart of our Conference's interest are studies on the causes of current
Great Depression and how this occurred in Greece, from 2008 onwards, as well
as papers that propose alternative plans of economic policy for reconstructing the
productive activities and relationships in the country. We also welcome papers of
economic-historical content focusing on the relevant suggestions of Greek
economists in the 1940s (Kyriakos Varvaressos, Xenophon Zolotas and Dimitris
Mpatsis among others).
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Specifically, participants are expected to contribute in the following, indicative

topics:

Causes of Great Recession and relevant policies, usual and alternatives.

Explicit and implicit objectives of Troika and the Greek Governments.

Economic, policy, legal and ideological implications of European

Integration and Globalization in Greece.

Unemployment: causes, socio-economic implications, relevant policies.

The class structure, income distribution and the situation of the working class
in Greece.

Reconstruction of the Greek financial and banking system.

Required and feasible structural transformations of the Greek economy.

Development plans and institutional frameworks in the Greek economy,

within and outside the Eurozone and the European Union.

Perspectives for restructuring the Eurozone and the European Union.

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the implications the

European South, specifically for Greece.

Meta-capitalistic forms of national development and international economic

cooperation: past, present and future.

Submission and Selection of Abstracts

Scholars have to submit their abstract (not more than 300 words) till 15 October
2015 in gzarotia@econ.auth.gr. In the submitted abstracts they have to mention the
title of the paper, the name(s) of the (co-)author(s), the affiliation(s) and the email
address of the corresponding author(s). The scientific committee of the Conference
will decide upon accepting the submitted abstracts and will notify all the authors by
30 October 2015.
Submission of Full Papers and Publication
Full papers have to be submitted by 15 November 2015 in gzarotia@econ.auth.gr.
Following the necessary review, presented papers will be published in the
proceedings of the Conference.
Scientific Committee
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Vasilis Chouliaras, Association of Economists of Thessaloniki.

Theodoros Mariolis, Department of Public Administration Panteion University and
Institute for Social Research Dimitris Mpatsis.
Savvas Mavridis, Department od Marketing Thessaloniki.
Persefoni Tsaliki, Department of Economics AUTh and.PERG.
Lefteris Tsoulfidis, Department of Economics UoM and PERG.
Grigoris Zarotiadis, Department of Economics AUTh and Institute for Social Research
Dimitris Mpatsis.

Organizing Committee
Eirini Ozouni, Department of Economics AUTh.
Aris Papageorgiou, Department of Economics, University of Macedonia.
Christina Paraskevopoulou, Department of Economics AUTh
Persefoni Tsaliki, Department of Economics AUTh and.PERG.
Grigoris Zarotiadis, Department of Economics AUTh and Institute for Social Research
Dimitris Mpatsis.