Several dimensions of a public debt crisis -- Labour renumeration and productivity: a general squeeze, but more effective in Germany -- Political economy of alternative strategies to deal with the crisis -- Society pays the price: austerity and further liberalisation -- Monetary disunion: institutional malfunctioning and power relations -- Centrifugal finance: re-strengthened links between banks and nation states -- Defaul and exit: cutting the Gordian knot

1. Financial crises -- Europe -- 21st century
2. International finance