ESRI Research Seminar: "The Diversity and Dilemmas of Europe's Capitalisms"

Venue: ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2

Speaker: Professor Seán Ó Riain, NUI Maynooth. This paper examines the European crisis through the lens of comparative political economy. It first outlines the diversity of capitalisms within Europe, not only in terms of welfare and taxation but also in terms of fiscal policies, investment and production regimes. The dynamics of these diverse capitalisms are outlined and the dilemmas of interaction and integration between them are explored. Finally, it is argued that the European policy level response to the current crisis represents a particularly perverse and contractionary combination of the features of Europe's capitalisms.

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