Poverty and Immigration during the Economic Crisis

25 February 2015. From 18:30 | Conference | Spanish | IEMed, Barcelona
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According to Ramón Mahía Casado, professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM): “explaining the intensity of poverty is simple; explaining the indifference with which we have come here, no.”

The professor claims to be statistically convinced that the current economic model does not work and that it is urgent to resort to alternatives and overcome the excuse of fiscal viability. In Spain, 30% of the population is at risk of social exclusion. It is the third country in the EU that has generated the most poverty during the crisis, without forgetting that in the midst of the “economic boom” there was already a poverty rate of 22%.

David Moya, professor of Constitutional Law at the UB and of the Master in contemporary migration, rights and social cohesion co-organized by the UAB and the UB, presents this conference, which opens the second quarter of the cycle “Interpreting the Mediterranean today”.

This series of conferences aims to provide tools to understand and reflect on the Mediterranean region and has prestigious academics and local and international experts who will deal with questions about history, international relations, interculturality, migration, literature, language, politics and social challenges, always linked to Mediterranean. The cycle of conferences is the main activity of the interuniversity program Aula Mediterráneo, an initiative of the IEMed with eleven university master’s programs dedicated to studying the Mediterranean area.

Speakers


Moderator

David Moya

Professor Universitat de Barcelona
Speaker

Ramón Mahía Casado

Professor Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

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