Democracy and an Open-Economy World Order

Preface.- Part I: Ethics and Liberty in the New World Economic Order.- Part II: Democracy and Free Market Economy.- Part III: The Political Economy Institutions.- Part IV: On the Routs of Economic Crisis in the European Periphery.- Part V: Democracy in the European Union.- Part VI: Other Aspects of Democracy, Peace and Conflict.

George C. Bitros, obtained a Ph.D in economics from New York University and held positions at New York University, the Research Department of the Bank of Greece and Athens University of Economics and Business until his retirement in 2007. He has published a large number of scientific papers in major scholarly journals; co-authored and/or co-edited several books published by some of the most well-known international publishers; co-edited the Greek Economic Review and the Journal of Economic Asymmetries; served as research associate in the National Bureau of Economic Research (USA). In the public domain he has written over 300 essays, predominantly in Greek, given numerous public speeches and interviews to newspapers and periodicals, and debated social and economic issues in public fora, as well as TV and Radio stations. He served in advisory posts in government, like the Council of Economic Advisors, the National Authority of Telecommunications and Posts, and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, participated in numerous government commissions for the restructuring of the Public Administration of Greece and various other sectors of the Greek economy, and, held several directorships by participating in the Boards of Directors of major business concerns like the Nationl Telecommunications Organization, Bitros Holdings S.A., Nestle Hellas, S.A., etc.
Nicholas C. Kyriazis combines academic and business experience. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Bonn University, Germany and was a visiting Professor at Harvard and Trier Universities. He is currently Professor at the Economics Department, University of Thessaly, Greece. Previous positions include: Directorate General for General for Research of the European Parliament, advisor to the government of the National Bank of Greece, advisor to the Minister of Finance and Minister of Defence since 1998 who contribute as one of the major consultants for the Greek Command, Control, Communications, Computers