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Foreword

Curriculum Vitae of Georgios Th. Chatzikonstantinou

My teacher and colleague Georgios Chatzikonstantinou

The founder of the Department of Economic Science at Democritus University of Thrace, Georgios Th. Chatzikonstantinou

Professor Georgios Chatzikonstantinou

Max Weber, “contemporary” sociologist 100 years after his death

Complexity and the great transitions

Shadow economy and competitiveness

The great heretic: the economic thought of J.K. Galbraith

Risk management: the synthesis of multiple readings of risk management

Economic theory as a metaphysical oppressive ideology (the fetishization of the world as alienation)

Alternative solutions to address a strict austerity policy and macroeconomic imbalances

Economics: the science of self-interest

The calamities of borrowing and financial leverage: Plutarch vs. Friedman

The melody of the economy

Economic development vs. economic growth: the contribution of G. Chatzikonstantinou in highlighting and enriching the multidimensional and critically important problematic

The social impact of the shadow economy

Transport and economic development: impacts and challenges from the pandemic – Covid-19

Political economy of eco-sustainability

The measurement of economic development and the effect of economic globalization

Does the Covid-19 pandemic widen the North-South gap in the eurozone? The role and limits of macroeconomic policies

The promise of the knowledge economy and inclusive development

The decline of the West favors developing countries

The restructuring of the banking sector in Europe

Urban liberalism and democracy: the history of a relationship

Study of factors of economic development of European countries during the crisis period

Thoughts of a criminologist on the “partners” in economic crimes

The liberalization of trade through the lens of international political economy: the case of the Western Balkans

Enriched realism: An analytical framework for understanding contemporary global political economy. The case of the Copenhagen conference on climate change

What is the meaning of globalization? Is national sovereignty at risk?

The contribution of studies to employability and the economy

Economic migration as labor-commodity, political labor, and the international of markets

The Janus of trade unionism: causes and impact of the ambiguous stance of labor unions towards employed migrants

Labor in the 21st century

The Greek political economy in the post-crisis period 2010–2019

Social entrepreneurship as a means of enhancing the role of local authorities in Greece

The unfinished role of KEDAK in safeguarding the Athonite heritage on the occasion of the upcoming 40th anniversary of its establishment

Corruption and scandals: institutional interventions and cultural extensions

The ethical dimension of the economic measures of the crisis (2008) in Greece

The financing of the development of the Greek economy: from the Marshall Plan, to the memoranda, the recovery fund, and the Pissarides plan

Greek debt, the perpetuation of the problem: the saga of Greek debt. The prospect of a definitive solution in the 22nd century