Austerity: The European Model

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Mon, 09/10/2012 - 12:00am
The myth of the generous European welfare state and the future of resistance to new-liberalism

Leo Panitch is a Distinguished Research Professor at York University, renowned political economist, Marxist theorist and editor of the Socialist Register.   He is the co-author, along with Sam Gindin who appeared on last week's Old Mole,  of The Making of Global Capitalism -- and many other works.  They discuss the outdated idea that European nations are generous welfare states and the future of resistance to austerity measures engineered by neo-liberal governments.  

 

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