Department of Economics

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Department of Economics Professor of Economics Japan Research Centre Member
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Department of Economics
Qualifications
BSc (Econ), MSc (Econ), PhD (London)
Building
Russell Square: College Buildings
Office
269
Email address
cl5@soas.ac.uk
Telephone number
020 7898 4538

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Costas Lapavitsas is Professor of Economics at SOAS University of London and has taught at SOAS since 1990. 

His main area of specialisation is monetary theory and the political economy of money and finance. For several years his research focused on the financialisation of capitalism, its characteristic trends, variable forms and manifold implications for contemporary society. He has also worked on the attendant crises of financialisation, including the Eurozone crisis, producing work that has had a considerable impact on the theoretical and policy debates. 

Professor Lapavitsas has taught at several universities across the world, including the University of Tokyo, the New School for Social Research, METU in Ankara, the University of Buenos Aires, and elsewhere. He writes frequently for the international and the Greek press. In 2015 he was elected as a Member of Parliament in Greece.  

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  • Banking and finance
  • History of economic thought
  • Japanese financial system

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Mr Young Joon Hann Reconsidering Financialsation in Newly Industrialised Countries: The case of Korea
Alkim Kiziltug The Political Economy of World Money
Fatemeh Noorbakhsh The Political Economy of Development Banking in Iran.
Yuning Shi Financialisation of Chinese Economy (working title)
Yuning Shi Financialisation of the Chinese economy.

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Email
cl5@soas.ac.uk
Telephone
020 7898 4538

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