Global Financial Crisis: the end of neo-liberalism?

Oct 21 2008

Fri, 07/11/2008 (All day)

A Debate with Howard Wachtel, Barry Gills and Myriam vander Stichele
Chair: Susan George

Date: Friday 7 November 2008
Venue: Transnational Institute
De Wittenstraat 25, Amsterdam
20h15
free entrance
English spoken

The greatest financial crisis since the wall street crash of 1929 has been met by an unprecedented set of government actions to stem the tide of destruction. But is there also a coming sea change in economic theory and practice, as well as in politics, in the shift from a free market to intervention in the market? Is this the end of 'capitalism as we know it'?

Location

Amsterdam

A Debate with Howard Wachtel, Barry Gills and Myriam vander Stichele
Chair: Susan George

Date: Friday 7 November 2008
Venue: Transnational Institute
De Wittenstraat 25, Amsterdam
20h15
free entrance
English spoken

The greatest financial crisis since the wall street crash of 1929 has been met by an unprecedented set of government actions to stem the tide of destruction. But is there also a coming sea change in economic theory and practice, as well as in politics, in the shift from a free market to intervention in the market? Is this the end of 'capitalism as we know it'? What are the power politics and prospects to achieve change? What are the alternatives to these catastrophically failed ideas behind the 'neoliberal globalization' and 'corporate globalisation?

TNI panelists will analyse the causes and consequences of the on-going Global Financial Crisis and discuss its profound implications for a changed world order.

Susan George, Honorary President of Attac France and Board
Chair of TNI.

Howard Wachtel, Professor of Economics at American University, Washington, TNI fellow and works on world economy and international money.

Barry Gills, Professor of Global Politics, editor Globalizations journal and 'Rethinking Globalizations' book series

Myriam vander Stichele, Senior Researcher, Center for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) and TNI fellow.

Panelists are available for interviews
Please contact Andrea Sturkenboom
andrea@tni.org or + 31 20 622 6608

Critical radical thinking on the financial and economic crisis (Transnational Institute and Institute of Policy Studies)
see Casinocrash.org

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