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List of Contributors.......................................................................................................VII
List of Tables....................................................................................................................IX
List of Figures.................................................................................................................XI
List of Abbreviations...................................................................................................XIII
Vladimir Cvijanovic. Andrea Fumagalli, and Carlo Vercellone -
Introduction.........................................................................................................................1
Part I: Theoretical Papers.................................................................................................7
1. Andrea Fumagalli and Stefano Lucarelli -
Cognitive Capitalism as a Financial Economy of Production..............................9
2. Andrea Fumagalli -
Bioeconomics and the Valorisation Process..........................................................41
3. Matko Me§trovic -
Values and Capabilities as Historical Determinants of Social
Development................................................................................................................61
4. Jean-Marie Monnier and Carlo Vercellone -
Labour and Welfare State in the Transition to Cognitive
Capitalism.....................................................................................................................71
5. Cosma Orsi - Common Good in the Age of Knowledge? Arguing
for a Radical Political Economy..............................................................................87
6. Aleksandar Keseljevic -
The Challenges of the New Millennium and the Specific
Properties of Knowledge Require a New Understanding of
Knowledge.................................................................................................................115
7. Carlos Prieto del Campo -
M@Nufactnetting Antagonism, Subversively Reengineering
Cognitive Global Labor Force, and Networking Class Struggles
in the Age of the Cognitive Capitalism..................................................................131
Part II: Empirical Analysis — World, South-Eastern Europe.................................149
1. Nadica Jovanovska and Natalija Nikolovska -
The Big Trade Off of “New — Europe”: Convergence or
Divergence from USA Model of Capitalism........................................................151
2. Cristina Matos -
Old-Age Pension Reforms in the EU: Innovation, Diffusion and
Europeanization..........................................................................................................171
3. Pasquale Tridico -
Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Emerging and Transition Economies.... 195
4. Sinisa Kusic -
South-Eastern Europe Between Socialism, Transition and Capitalism........227
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List of Contributors
Y'ladimir Cvijanovic, Associate at University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics
and Business.
Andrea Fumagalli, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Uni
versity of Pavia, Italy, Vice-President of Bin-Italia (Basic Income Network, It
aly).
Nadica Jovanovska, MSc in Economics, Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Busi
ness Administration, Southeastern European University - Tetovo.
Aleksandar Keseljevic, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, University
of Ljubljana.
Sinisa Kusic, Assistant Professor, J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt.
Stefano Lucarelli. Assistant Professor of Political Economy, Department of
Economics “Hyman P. Minsky”, Faculty of Economics, University of Bergamo.
Cristina Matos, Assistant Professor at Escola de Economía e Gestao, Universi-
dade do Minho and Researcher at Dinámia-CET, ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal.
Matko Mestrovic. Senior Research Fellow (Emeritus), The Institute of Eco
nomics, Zagreb.
Jean-Marie Monnier, Professor in economics at the University of Paris-I, Pan-
théon-Sorbonne, CES CNRS.
Natalija Nikolovska, PhD. in Economics, Full Professor, Faculty of Economics,
University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” — Skopje.
Cosina Orsi, Researcher at Florence University (History of economic doctrine),
Visiting Professor at University of Lugano.
Carlos Prieto del Campo, Ph.D. in Philosopy (Universidad Complutense de
Madrid), independent researcher, member of Universidad Nómada, Spain.
Pasquale Tridico, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of
Rome III.
Carlo Vercellone. Assistant Professor in Economics at the University of Paris-I,
Panthéon-Sorbonne, CES CNRS.
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List of Tables
Table 1: Europe vs. USA: comparison of the potentials..........................................163
Table 2: currency shares in foreign exchange reserves*..........................................165
Table 3: major currencies’ shares in gross issuance of international
debt securities.................................................................................................165
Table 4: IMF: projections for the global economic development in
2009-2010.....................................................................................................168
Table 5: selected pension “innovations'” in the EU...................................................173
Table 6: economic growth in ETEs............................................................................207
Table 7: averages of relevant variables of the regression Table 6, for
group of countries.........................................................................................208
Table 8: HDI in ETEs...................................................................................................209
Table 9: averages of relevant variables of the regression Table 8, for
group of countries.........................................................................................210
Table 10: poverty in ETEs (1).....................................................................................211
Table 11: averages of relevant variables of the regression Table 10,
for group of countries....................................................................................211
Table 12: poverty in ETEs (2).....................................................................................212
Table 13: averages of relevant variables of the regression Table 12,
for group of countries...................................................................................213
Table 14: growth and inequality for group of countries.......................................213
Table 15: income inequality........................................................................................215
Table 16..........................................................................................................................220
Table 17...........................................................................................................................221
Table 18..........................................................................................................................222
Table 19..........................................................................................................................224
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List of Figures
Figure 1 : high tech production systems (internet convention)................................16
Figure 2: Chinese and real estate conventions...........................................................20
Figure 3: finance-led growth.........................................................................................24
Figure 4: monetary production circuit in Fordist capitalism...................................30
Figure 5: financial production circuit in cognitive capitalism................................33
Figure 6: economic structure of the Rome Treaty..................................................156
Figure 7: economic structure of the Maastricht Treaty..........................................157
Figure 8: routine elements of enlargement strategy................................................159
Figure 9: average replacement rate, 2003-07...........................................................176
Figure 10: average exit age for men, 2001 and 2007 and retirement
statutory age in 2007...................................................................................178
Figure 11 : average exit age for women, 2001 and 2007 and
retirement statutory age in 2007..............................................................179
Figure 12: protection arrangements and reforms 1980s and 1990s...................181
Figure 13......................................................................................................................203
Figure 14 - Gini 1993 vs GDP per capita 1995 Figure 15: Gini
2004 vs GDP per capita 2006..................................................................214
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List of Abbreviations
BIS - Bank for International Settlements
BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India, and China
CAP — Common Agriculture Policy
CC — Cognitive Capitalism
CEE — Central and Eastern Europe
CEECs - Central and Eastern European Countries
CIS — Confederation of Independent States
DB - Defined Benefit
DC - Defined Contribution
DC - Developed Country
ECB — European Central Bank
EE — Emerging Economy
EES - European Employment Strategy
EFDGA - European Found for Development and Guarantee of the Agriculture
EMU - European Monetary Union
ERDF — The European Regional Development Fund
ESF — European Social Found
ESM — European Social Model
ETEs - Emerging and Transition Economies
EU — European Union
EU-27 — 27 member states of the European Union
FDI - Foreign Direct Investment
FED - The Federal Reserve System
GDP — Gross Domestic Product
GNP — Gross National Product
GSI - Guaranteed Social Income
HDI - Human Development Index
HPI - Human Poverty Index
HQG - High-Quality Growth
ICT - Information and Communication Technologies
ILO — International Labour Organization
IMF - International Monetary Fund
IP - Intellectual Property
IPR - Intellectual Property Rights
ITR - Information Technology Revolution
LDC — Less Developed Country
M&A - Mergers & Acquisitions
MBO - Management-Buyout
NDC — Notionally Defined Contribution System
NGO — Nongovernmental Organisation
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OECD — Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OMC — Open-method of Coordination
PAYG - Pay-As-You-Go System
PPP - Public-Private Partnership
PPP - Purchasing Power Parity
R&D — Research and Development
SAA — Stabilisation and Association Agreement
SLA — Sustainable Livelihoods Approach
TE — Transition Economy
TNC — Transnational Corporations
UBI - Universal Basic Income
UK — United Kingdom
US — United States (of America)
USA — United States of America
USD - United States Dollar
USSR - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
WBO - Worker-Buyout
WTO - World Trade Organization
WWII-World War II
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