Catherine Samary is a lecturer at the Dauphine University, Paris and previously a central leader of the reunified Fourth International. She is a co-founder of its largest section, the Revolutionary Communist League.<BR><BR>Catherine received her PhD in economics in 1986, at the University of Paris X: Nanterre. She was later a research associate at the Institut du Monde Soviétique et d'Europe Centrale et Orientale (IMSECO). Her research focuses on five themes:<BR><BR> theoretical and practical questions of socialism<BR> analysis of socialist experiences and in particular, the implications of their reforms and crises pertaining to Yugoslavia and other nations<BR> issues concerning planning, market relationship of property, democracy<BR> globalisation and the capitalist restoration - comparative aspects, theoretical questions<BR> criteria of efficiency and social justice in economy<BR><BR>She is a regular contributor to Le Monde Diplomatique, International Viewpoint and Tout est à Nous (The journal of the Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste). <BR><BR>Wikipedia
