Crucible of Resistance: Greece, the Eurozone and the World Economic Crisis [Hardcover]

Syriza’s victory in the 2015 Greek general election has shaken the foundations of the Western political establishment and has given new hope to the millions suffering the austerity measures imposed by the European Troika. Many people are discussing how this has happened and what it is about Greece that has created such a centre of radicalism?

Written by Deputy Finance Minister and chief economics spokesman for Syriza Euclid Tsakalotos and economist Christos Laskos,Crucible of Resistanceargues that Greece’s exceptionalism is largely a myth. The blame game that has been played by the EU powers is an ideological tool used to shift attention from the realities of both European and global capitalist economic order.

By alienating an entire nation of people, the Troika has revealed the internal contradictions of the modern neoliberal establishment, as well as the inadequacies of the earlier social-democratic Keynesian regime. Tsakalotos and Laskos suggest that there is very little that differentiates Greece from other countries struggling under austerity, and that parties such as Syriza could usher in a new, democratic and socialist era across the continent.

Euclid Tsakalotosis Deputy Finance Minister and chief economics spokesman for Syriza. He is also Professor of Economics at the University of Athens.

Christos Laskosis an economist, teacher and co-author, with Euclid Tsakalotos, of22 Myths about the Greek Crisis(2013). He is a member of the political secretariat of Syriza.

Introduction: The Greek Crisis In Context
 1: Neo-Liberalism As Modernization
 2: The Greek Economy And Society On The Eve Of The Crisis
 3: The Eurozone Crisis In Context
 4 From Crisis To Permanent Austerity
 5 The Underdogs Strike Back
 6: Out Of The Mire: Arguments Within The Greek Lel;