On January 24 2013, Columbia Law School will host an evening with top political leadershi from SYRIZA, Greece's dominant opposition party and anticipated next government, to discuss the challenges facing Greece and the Eurozone as well as SYRIZA's plans for economic and financial reform.
The evening will feature the head of SYRIZA and Leader of the Greek Opposition, Alexis Tsipras, on SYRIZA's plans for national governance, as well as panels on financial reform and macroeconomic recovery with Rena Dourou, MP and Critic of the Opposition for Foreign Relations and European Issues, George Stathakis, Greek MP and Critic of the Opposition for the Economy, and top SYRIZA Economic Advisor Yiannis Milios.

Other panelists include Katharina Pistor, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Mathew Forstater, Professor of Economics, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Thomas Ferguson, Professor of Political Science, University of Masachusetts-Amherst; Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research; Helen Ginsburg, Professor Emerita of Economics, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; and Rania Antonopoulos, Senior Scholar, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.
The event is part of the Modern Money and Public Purpose series, organized by the Workers' Rights Student Coalition at Columbia Law School, and is co-sponsored by the Levy Economics Institute, the Institute for New Economic Thinking and the Center for Global Legal Transformation at Columbia Law School. It will take place at 6.00pm on Thursday, January 24, in Room 104, Jerome Greene Hall, 435 West 116th Street, New York.
Modern Money and Public Purpose is an interdisciplinary seminar series held at Columbia Law School over the 2012-2013 academic year. The series aims to present new perspectives and progressive policy proposals on a rang of contemporary issues facing the U.S. and global macroeconomy.
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, founded in 1986 through the generous support of the late Bard College trustee Leon Levy, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy research organization. The Institute is independent of any political or other affiliation, and encourages diversity of opinion in the examination of economic policy issues while striving to transform ideological arguments into informed debate.
The Institute for New Economic Thinking is an independent, nonprofit grant-making organization. For more than half a century it has worked with courageous people on the frontlines of social change worldwide, guided by its mission to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.
The Center on Global Legal Transformation examines the human effects of globalization, trade and financial liberalization and the increasing freedom of private actors to establish private regulatory regimes and opt in or out of state sponsored dispute settlement. It also explores the impact of these processes on widely shared normative principles, such as democratic self-determination and the advancement of individual capabilities.

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An Evening with SYRIZA on Greece and the Eurozone

Thursday, January 24th

Room 104, Jerome Greene Hall, Columbia Law School

Program

6.00-6.05pm WELCOME

Rohan Grey, J.D. Candidate 2014 and Co-Organizer, Modern Money and Public Purpose Series

6.05-6.15pm INTRODUCTION

Alexis Tsipras, Leader of the Opposition in Greek Parliament, Leader of SYRIZA and President of

Synaspismós

6.15-7.30pm PANEL 1: REDESIGN – STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS TO THE EUROZONE

CRISIS

PANELIST: George Stathakis, Member of Greek Parliament (SYRIZA); Critic of the Opposition for the

Economy and Professor of Political Economy, University of Crete

PANELIST: Yiannis Milios, Economic Advisor, SYRIZA, Member of the Political Secretariat of

Synaspismos and Professor of Political Economy, National Technical University of Athens

PANELIST: Katharina Pistor, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Global Legal Transformation,

Columbia Law School

PANELIST: Mathew Forstater, Professor of Economics and Director, Center for Full Employment and

Price Security, University of Missouri - Kansas City

7.30-7.35pm BREAK

7.35-8.50pm PANEL 2: NEXT STEPS – A PROGRESSIVE AGENDA FOR GREECE'S

ECONOMY

PANELIST: George Stathakis, Member of Greek Parliament (SYRIZA); Critic of the Opposition for the

Economy and Professor of Political Economy, University of Crete

PANELIST: Yiannis Milios, Economic Advisor, SYRIZA, Member of the Political Secretariat of

Synaspismos and Professor of Political Economy, National Technical University of Athens

PANELIST: Rania Antonopoulos, Senior Scholar and Director, Gender Equality and the Economy

Program, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College

PANELIST: Helen Ginsburg, Professor Emerita of Economics, Brooklyn College, City University of New

York and Co-Founder, National Jobs for All Coalition

PANELIST: Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research

8.50-9.10pm DISCUSSION

Alexis Tsipras, Leader of the Opposition in Greek Parliament, Leader of SYRIZA and President of

Synaspismós

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