Tasos Giannitsis

Professor emeritus at the Kapodistrian University of Athens. He served at the department of economics from 1975 to 2011. He was minister of labour and social affairs, alternate minister of foreign affairs and minister of foreign affairs (2001-2004), minister of the interior (2011-2012); economic advisor to the PM (1994-2003), member of the board of trustees at the Cyprus Institute, (2010-); chairman of the board (Hellenic Petroleum S.A. 2009-2011, and Lamda Development S.A. 2015-);

He has published many books and articles on economic, social and European integration issues. Recent books: ‘Crisis Management in Greece: the shaping of new economic and social balances’ (with St. Zografakis) (Hans Böckler Stiftung 2016), ‘The State and Economic Development (1955-2018)’ (in collective Band, to be published, Oxford University Press), The Helsinki Summit (1999) and the relations between Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and the E.U. (in collective band, to be published), ‘The pension system and the crisis’ (2016, in Greek), ‘Greece in Crisis’ (2013, in Greek). Recent articles: ‘Reflections on Banking Union’ (in Monetary Policy, Banking Union and Economic Growth, ed. By L. Papadimos, 2016), Fiskalkonsolidierung und Einkommensverteilung: Entscheidende Trade-Offs der Krisensteuerung in Griechenland, (2016), ‘Industrial Policy in Times of Crisis: The Case of Greece’ (with I. Kastelli, 2014), ‘The Haves and the Have-nots: Income distribution in the years of crisis’ (2019).

Fields of research: Development and International Economics, European Integration, Economics of Technology and Technology policy, Industrial Structures and Policy, Economic Crisis, Inequality.