Professor Costas Lapavitsas
professor of economics, SOAS University of London; co-author, Reindustrialise Britain

Costas Lapavitsas is a political economist whose 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. Currently he is working on the digitalisation of capitalism, imperialism, and reindustrialisation. He has published widely in academic and non-academic venues. His latest book, co-authored with Larry Elliott and Doug Nicholls, is Reindustrialise Britain, published by Polity Press in September 2026.

Lapavitsas has taught at several leading universities across the world and writes frequently for the international media. In 2015, he was elected as a Member of Parliament in Greece.

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