Struggle in a Time of Crisis
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction - Nicolas Pons-Vignon and Mbuso Nkosi -- Section 1: Understanding the Crisis -- 1. Planet Earth is Wage-led! A Simultaneous Increase in the Profit Share by 1 Per Cent-point in the Major Developed and Developing Countries Leads to a 0.36 Per Cent Decline in Global GDP - Özlem Onaran -- 2. From Financial Crisis to Stagnation: The Destruction of Shared Prosperity and the Role of Economics - Thomas I. Palley -- 3. State Funding of Research and the Narrowing of Economics in the United Kingdom - Frederic Sterling Lee -- 4. Globalisation and Taxation: Trends and Consequences - Ilan Strauss -- 5. T-shirt Economics: Labour in the Imperialist World Economy - Tony Norfield -- Section 2: Europe in Turmoil -- 6. Greece in the Deadlock of the Troika's Austerity Trap - Giorgos Argitis -- 7. The ECB's Misleading Understanding of the Euro Crisis - Carlo D'Ippoliti -- 8. Europe's Lost Decade: Paths out of Stagnation - Hansjorg Herr -- 9. The Crisis, Structural Reform and the Fortification of Neoliberalism in Europe - Christoph Hermann -- 10. The Economic Crisis and Job Quality in Europe: Some Worrying Trends and Worse May be to Come - Janine Leschke and Andrew Watt -- Section 3: Exploring Alternatives -- 11. Tackling Unemployment and Growing Public Debt - Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury -- 12. Tax for Equity (T4E): Getting Wages Back on Track - Frank Hoffer -- 13. The State as the Employer of Last Resort - Cédric Durand and Dany Lang -- 14. 'We are Steaming Ahead': NUMSA's Road to the Left - An Interview with Karl Cloete -- 15. Alternatives to Neoliberalism: Towards a New Progressive Consensus - João Antônio Felício -- Section 4: Resisting Exploitation and Neoliberalism -- 16. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Outcome? - Carol Jess -- 17. Right to Work and Michigan Labour - Roland Zullo.