Creative Crisis in Democracy and Economy

George C. Bitros is Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from New York University in 1972 and worked as Senior Research Associate in the Research Department of the Bank of Greece and as Professor of Economics at the Athens University of Economics and Business. He has published extensively in distinguished scholarly journals, and has authored and co-edited books with international and Greek publishers. He has served as research associate in the National Bureau of Economic Research (USA) and has held advisory posts in government, government commissions and major corporations. He continues to serve as referee for international and Greek journals.  Anastasios D. Karayiannis was Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics of the University of Piraeus. His research interests spanned several fields of economics, including the history of Economic thought, the Methodology of Economics and Entrepreneurship. His contributions to these fields comprise 11 books in Greek language and over 50 papers published in highly esteemed international journals. Additionally, in recent years, he contributed numerous reviews and comments in Greek periodicals and newspapers.

• The Athenian Democray.- The Classical Democracy.- The Contemporary Democracy.- A Digression on Social Democracy.- The New Classical Democracy.- The Place of Democracy in the World and Globalization.- Democracy, Free Market Economy and European Unification.- Democracy in the Future and the New Welfare State.- The Case of Contemporary Greece.