Academic Credentials

1. Postdoctoral researcher. Department of Economics. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Research title: “Productivity, profitability and accumulation of capital in the post war Greek economy, 1958-2016: An analysis from the Classical Marxian Perspective” (2017 – today)
2. PhD in Economics. Department of Economics. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Thesis title: “Productive Labour, Unproductive Labour and Productivity Growth: An International Study” (2017)
3. Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Economics. Department of Economics. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. (2006)
4. B.A (4 year). University of Piraeus, Department of Maritime Studies. (2003)

Professional Experience

1. Research Fellow. Centre for Planning and Economic Research (June 2019 – today)
2. Research Associate. Labour Institute of GSEE (July 2010 – May 2019)

Teaching Experience

1. Adjunct lecturer. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Department of Economics. Undergraduate class “Introduction to economic science”, postgraduate classes “History of economic thought” and “Economics as social science”. (2016 – today).
2. Adjunct lecturer. University of West Attica. Department of Tourism Management. Undergraduate class “Macroeconomics”.
3. Adjunct lecturer. Hellenic Open University”. School of Social Sciences. Undergraduate class “Industrial Organisation, Labour Market and European Enterprises).

Awards and Fellowships

1. IKY Fellowships of Excellence for Postgraduate Studies in Greece – Siemens Programme for the postdoctoral study “Productivity, profitability and accumulation of capital in the post war Greek economy, 1958-2016: An analysis from the Classical Marxian Perspective””

Publications

Articles in peer reviewed journals and edited volumes

1. Maniatis Th. & Passas C. “The net social wage in different welfare regimes”, Capital & Class forthcoming 2019.
2. Maniatis Th. & Passas C. 2018, “Surplus value, profit and unproductive labor in the Greek economy, 1958-2013”, in G. Carchedi and M. Roberts (eds.), The World in Crisis, Haymarket Books, Chicago, pp. 366-399.
3. Maniatis Th. & Passas C. 2018, “The role of technology, distribution and demand in the development and crisis of the postwar Greek economy”, East-West Journal of Economics and Business, Vol. ΧΧΙ, no. 1&2, pp. 65-90.
4. Maniatis Th. & Passas C. 2015, “Explaining the rising wage-productivity gap in Greece”, in S. Mavroudeas (eds.), Greek Capitalism in Crisis: Marxist Analyses, Routledge, London, pp. 51-66.
5. Maniatis Th. & Passas C. 2015, “The Law of the Falling Rate of Profit and the Greek Economic Crisis”, in S. Mavroudeas (eds.), Greek Capitalism in Crisis: Marxist Analyses, Routledge, London, pp. 105-129.
6. Maniatis Th. & Passas C. 2013, “Profitability, Capital Accumulation and Crisis in the Greek Economy 1958-2009: A Marxist Analysis”, Review of Political Economy, Vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 624-649.
7. Labrinidis G., Maniatis Th., Bassiakos Y., Passas C. 2010, “Issues in measuring absolute poverty: the case of Greece”, Argumentum, Vol.2, no.2, pp. 87-108.

Books

1. Argitis G., Koratzanis N., Paitaridis D. Passas C., Pierros X., 2018 “The self-illusion of the economic adjustment programmes of Greece”, Papazisis, Athens. [in Greek]

Studies

1. Maniatis Th. Marsellou A., Passas C., 2015 “Intersectoral competition in Greek manufacturing”, Studies. No.43, Labour Institute GSEE, Athens.
2. Labrinidis G., Maniatis Th., Bassiakos G., Oikonomou A., Papadopoulou M., Passas C., 2010, “Empirical approach of absolute poverty in Greece: the needs for housing, nutrition, clothing, footwear, transport”, Studies. No.5, Labour Institute GSEE, Athens.

Other Published Work

1. Passas C. and Pierros C. 2017, “The failure of the internal devaluation strategy and the case of an investment-led strategy to foster competitiveness in Greece”, Policy Brief, no.14, Labour Institute GSEE
2. Passas C. and Pierros X. 2016 “Long-term unemployment and exit from the labour market”, Research report for the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and social solidarity

Presentations in International Conferences

1. Marsellou E.G. & Passas C. 2019 “The economic adjustment programmes and the tax burden on social classes” in Historical Materialism Athens conference “Rethinking crisis, resistance and strategy”, 2-5 May 2019, Athens, Greece,
2. Passas C. 2018, “Determinants of Marxian Labour Productivity” in 2018 International Conference of Political Economy ICOPEC, “10 years after the great recession: orthodox versus heterodox economics”, 6-9 September 2018, Athens, Greece.
3. Koratzanis N., Paitaridis D., Passas C. and Pierros C. 2018, “The Deception and Delusion of the Economic Adjustment Programs in Greece” in 2018 International Conference of Political Economy ICOPEC, “10 years after the great recession: orthodox versus heterodox economics”, 6-9 September 2018, Athens, Greece.
4. Mavroudeas S. and Passas C. 2017, “The conundrum of the EU-IMF economic adjustment programmes for Greece” in 29th Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy, 19-21 October 2017, Budapest, Hungary.
5. Passas C. 2016, “Productive and Unproductive Labor in the History of Economic Thought” in 18th Conference of Greek Historians of Economic Thought, 10-11 June 2016, Athens, Greece.
6. Vlachou A., Passas C., Labrindis G. 2012 “Crisis and Development: The Underlying Problems of the Greek Economy”, in Third International Conference in Political Economy, “Political economy and the outlook for capitalism”, Joint conference AHE, IIPPE, FAPE July 5 - 8, Paris, France.
7. Labrindis, G., Maniatis, T., Bassiakos, Y., Passas, C., Oikonomou A., Papadopoulou M. 2012, “The significance of absolute poverty approach in the Greek crisis”, in Third International Conference in Political Economy, “Political economy and the outlook for capitalism”, Joint conference AHE, IIPPE, FAPE July 5 - 8, Paris, France, 2012
8. Labrindis, G., Maniatis, T., Bassiakos, Y., Passas, C., 2011 “Issues in Measuring Absolute Poverty: The Case of Greece”, in Second International Conference in Political Economy, “Neoliberalism and the Crises of Economic Science”, May 20-22, Istanbul University, Beyazit.
9. Passas C. και Labrinidis G. 2011, “EU and the structure of the Greek Economy”, in Second International Conference in Political Economy, “Neoliberalism and the Crises of Economic Science”, May 20-22, Istanbul University, Beyazit.
10. Labrindis, G., Maniatis, T., Bassiakos, Y., Passas, C., Oikonomou A., Papadopoulou M. 2010, “A new approach in defining and measuring needs: the case of housing in Greece”, in First International Conference in Political Economy, "Beyond the Crisis", 10-12 September, Rethymno, Crete, Greece.
11. Passas C. 2010, “Productive and unproductive labour in the Greek economy: 1970-2005”, in First International Conference in Political Economy, "Beyond the Crisis", 10-12 September, Rethymno, Crete, Greece.
12. Labrindis, G., Maniatis, T., Bassiakos, Y., Passas, C., 2010, “Issues in measuring absolute poverty: The case of Greece”, in First International Conference in Political Economy, "Beyond The Crisis", 10-12 September, Rethymno, Crete, Greece.
13. Passas C. 2010, “Class structure of Greek Society: A comment on Productive and Unproductive Labor”, in “How Class Works”, 3-5 June, SUNY Stony Brook, New York, USA.

Other Professional Activities

Member of Editorial Boards

1. KRISI, Six monthly scientific review, TOPOS

Memberships

1. Member of the governing council of The Greek Association of Political Economy