The third debate in Eurozine's series "Europe talks to Europe" will take place on 31 March in Bucharest. On a panel entitled "Economy and ethics in crisis", Austrian writer and public intellectual <http://newsletter.publick.net/_eurozine/hyperlink.html?cmp=%ED%2A%B8%E6%04% 04l%0F%B9%A1%B9%116%02%FB%03%A6i%17%E3%97%A1%8A%FE%29%05.%5DJ1%F8%A8%9A&url= http://www.eurozine.com/authors/misik.html> Robert Misik and Romanian economist <http://newsletter.publick.net/_eurozine/hyperlink.html?cmp=%ED%2A%B8%E6%04% 04l%0F%B9%A1%B9%116%02%FB%03%A6i%17%E3%97%A1%8A%FE%29%05.%5DJ1%F8%A8%9A&url= http://www.eurozine.com/authors/daianu.html> Daniel Daianu will discuss the ethical and political implications of a globalized economy. Has the financial crisis opened up a new-old east-west divide? The Bucharest debate will address this and other questions raised by the current situation.
"Europe talks to Europe" is a cooperation between Eurozine and the <http://newsletter.publick.net/_eurozine/hyperlink.html?cmp=%ED%2A%B8%E6%04% 04l%0F%B9%A1%B9%116%02%FB%03%A6i%17%E3%97%A1%8A%FE%29%05.%5DJ1%F8%A8%9A&url= http://www.erstestiftung.org/> ERSTE Foundation and the Bucharest event is realized together with <http://newsletter.publick.net/_eurozine/hyperlink.html?cmp=%ED%2A%B8%E6%04% 04l%0F%B9%A1%B9%116%02%FB%03%A6i%17%E3%97%A1%8A%FE%29%05.%5DJ1%F8%A8%9A&url= http://www.eurozine.com/journals/dilemaveche.html> Dilema veche and the <http://newsletter.publick.net/_eurozine/hyperlink.html?cmp=%ED%2A%B8%E6%04% 04l%0F%B9%A1%B9%116%02%FB%03%A6i%17%E3%97%A1%8A%FE%29%05.%5DJ1%F8%A8%9A&url= http://www.icr.ro/bucuresti/> Romanian Cultural Institute. http://www.eurozine.com/comp/europetalkstoeurope.html Bucharest 31 March 2010 Economy and ethics in crisis A new-old east-west divide? <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Misik_AudiMax_2009.jpg> <http://www.eurozine.com/UserFiles/Image/daianu_220x170.jpg> When the financial crisis made clear the extent of western banks' involvement in eastern European economies, concerns surfaced about the effects on western economies, re-awakening perceptions of the East as unruly and unpredictable. In the East, meanwhile, suspicions were reinforced that the West was interested in the new EU member states only insofar as they provided an opportunity to expand existing markets. What are the ethical and political implications of a globalized economy in general, and of western companies' expansion in eastern Europe in particular? Does the financial crisis mark the end of neoliberal politics? What does the European integration project really mean, not only economically but also at a social and cultural level? Has the failure of existing political and economic structures in the current situation opened up a new-old east-west divide? Speakers: Robert Misik (Vienna) Daniel Daianu (Bucharest) Chair: Mircea Vasilescu (Dilema veche) Introduction: Carl Henrik Fredriksson (Eurozine) Language: English Time: Wednesday 31 March, 6 p.m. Place: Romanian Cultural Institute, 38 Aleea Alexandru, Bucharest Robert Misik is an Austrian author and journalist. He is a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers in Germany and Austria, including Die Tageszeitung, Der Standard, Profil and Falter. In 1999 he was awarded the Bruno-Kreisky-Preis for the Political Book and in 2008 the Austrian State Prize for cultural journalism. Misik has written extensively on the consequences of globalization, establishing himself as a fierce critic of neoliberalism and a proponent of state regulation of the economy. Daniel Daianu is a Romanian economist. In the 1990s, he was the Finance Minister of Romania and the Chief Economist of the Romanian National Bank. >From 2007 to 2009, he was an MEP belonging to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. He is also an associate member of the Romanian Academy and a professor of public finance at the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest. Daianu has taken a strong position against western European banks receiving state aids to withstand the crisis, while at the same time speculating against eastern European currencies with disastrous effects on emerging economies in the region. Further reading in <http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2009-03-27-daianu-en.html> "For a return to common sense", Daniel Daianu criticizes neoliberal development policies that are too general, unqualified, and divorced from "concrete local conditions" and predicts the prominent return of Keynes and the idea of government intervention in the wake of the crisis. On a different note, Robert Misik writes about the shopping mall as paradigmatic site of lifestyle capitalism in <http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2006-12-15-misik-en.html> "Simulated cities, sedated living". (C) Eurozine ---------------------------- Vali "Noble blood is an accident of fortune; noble actions are the chief mark of greatness." "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." Aboneaza-te la <mailto:[email protected]> ngo_list: o alternativa moderata (un pic) la [ngolist] Please consider the environment - do you really need to print this email?
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