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10th Biennial

the 10th biennial was held in Paris on January 19 and 20


CRISIS - GROWTH - AUSTERITY

The point of view of LASAIRE

 

"Are our great leaders “in the know” naïve?  The markets want everything:  austerity and growth:  they want to have their cake and eat it too.  For the others, unemployment, job insecurity, suffering, and the erosion of social attainments.  They are cynical, but austerity to reduce deficits makes no sense of growth collapses.  What do our gurus, our leaders say?  Some expect growth to fall from the sky.  Waiting for Godot.  Others are counting on keeping their house in order and the AAA rating.  Many think that the sun rises in the East (I am thinking of Beijing, not Moscow, of course).  Finally, others yet refuse to admit that there is such a thing as growth compatible with ecology, and reassure themselves by stating that growth is over and done with.  For the countries of the Northern Hemisphere, at least: Sic transit gloria mundi.

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LASAIRE 10TH BIENNIAL PROGRAM - EUROPE WORK EMPLOYMENT 2011-2012

 

THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EURO: A COMMON CRISIS WHERE IS THE EXIT?

 

AN OPPORTUNITY TO REINFORCE THE ROLE OF SOCIAL ACTORS

 

This 10th edition of the biennials cycle has set an ambitious objective, to reflect on the impact of the economic crisis on social relations and more generally on the European model and to strengthen the role and commitment of social actors in the search of exit solutions to the crisis. Such a reflection is even more crucial as austerity plans which are being set up in some countries include measures that jeopardize the functioning and even the future of industrial relations and more generally of social democracy.

 

Key events:

 

The Athens seminar – 4 November 201


The Paris conference – 19 & 20 January 2012

 

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