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Written by George Labrinidis

Created: 16 January 2016

George Labrinidis, (2016), Quasi-World Money and International Reserves, in Radhika Desai (ed.) Analytical Gains of Geopolitical Economy (Research in Political Economy, Volume 30B) Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.91 - 123

ISBN: 978-1-78560-337-2 eISBN: 978-1-78560-336-5

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to understanding modern monetary arrangements from a Marxist perspective that takes into account recent developments in the Marxist theory of world money. The paper treats the US dollar as a primus inter pares quasi-world money and challenges the argument of US hegemony by exploring the behavior of major capitalist states and selected developing countries, the BRICS, in so far as their official international reserves are concerned. The findings reveal a clear pattern in the behavior of major capitalist states in terms of the size and form of their reserves with the variations in them implying a hierarchical structure of the corresponding quasi-world moneys. The analysis focuses on developed countries and treats them individually. The merit of this approach, distinctive in the literature on international reserves, is that it reveals the above-mentioned pattern which is blurred when Japan is included. The results imply that current international monetary arrangements reflect and promote multipolarity and competition on the geopolitical scene, the evolution of which is historical.

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Written by George Labrinidis, Thanasis Maniatis, Yannis C. Bassiakos, Costas Passas

Created: 25 December 2010

Resumo: Este trabalho tem por objetivo revelar as questões metodológicas referentes à definição e medição da pobreza absoluta. É feita uma revisão da literatura sobre pobreza absoluta e relativa e é desenvolvida uma abordagem de pobreza absoluta baseada nas necessidades e na noção do valor da força de trabalho. O trabalho apresenta os resultados da aplicação desse método na região metropolitana de Atenas.

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Written by George Labrinidis, Thanasis Maniatis, Aris Oikonomou, Marianna Papadopoulou

Created: 01 February 2012

Labrinidis, G., Maniatis, T., Oikonomou, A. and Papadopoulou, M. (2012) ‘Needs as the determinant of absolute poverty: estimating the cost of nutrition, clothing and
footwear, and transportation in Greece’, Int. J. Management Concepts and Philosophy, Vol. 6, Nos. 1/2, pp.89–107

https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMCP.2012.047209

Abstract: This paper aims at showing that the approach of defining and measuring absolute poverty on the basis of 'basic and social needs' is feasible. The categories of nutrition, clothing and footwear, and transportation are examined under this light, a basket of use values is formed and subsequently it is priced to provide three corresponding sub–indexes for those constituents of the threshold of absolute poverty for Greece in 2011.

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