Democracy and an Open-Economy World Order
暫譯: 民主與開放經濟世界秩序

本卷中的文章探討了當今民主國家面臨的幾個關鍵問題。它們討論了在外部威脅下如何保護公民自由和個人自由的困境，並評估了各國政府在這方面採取的政策。該書還探討了在經濟中自由市場應該有多自由，以確保社會和平的問題，然後強調了德國社會市場經濟模型的基本原則。它檢視了困擾歐洲整合的民主和合法性赤字問題，並提出了使歐盟更具民主化的改革建議。最後，通過回顧歷史，提供了證據並提出了當前民主國家機構振興的政策建議。這本書對於經濟學和政治學的研究者及學生，以及希望深入了解相關社會問題的讀者來說，具有相當的興趣。

George C. Bitros, obtained a Ph.D in economics from New York University and held positions at New York University, the Research Department of the Bank of Greece and Athens University of Economics and Business until his retirement in 2007. He has published a large number of scientific papers in major scholarly journals; co-authored and/or co-edited several books published by some of the most well-known international publishers; co-edited the Greek Economic Review and the Journal of Economic Asymmetries; served as research associate in the National Bureau of Economic Research (USA). In the public domain he has written over 300 essays, predominantly in Greek, given numerous public speeches and interviews to newspapers and periodicals, and debated social and economic issues in public fora, as well as TV and Radio stations. He served in advisory posts in government, like the Council of Economic Advisors, the National Authority of Telecommunications and Posts, and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, participated in numerous government commissions for the restructuring of the Public Administration of Greece and various other sectors of the Greek economy, and, held several directorships by participating in the Boards of Directors of major business concerns like the Nationl Telecommunications Organization, Bitros Holdings S.A., Nestle Hellas, S.A., etc.
Nicholas C. Kyriazis combines academic and business experience. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Bonn University, Germany and was a visiting Professor at Harvard and Trier Universities. He is currently Professor at the Economics Department, University of Thessaly, Greece. Previous positions include: Directorate General for General for Research of the European Parliament, advisor to the government of the National Bank of Greece, advisor to the Minister of Finance and Minister of Defence since 1998 who contribute as one of the major consultants for the Greek Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Military intelligence (C4I). He was also secretary of the National School for Public Administration. He is currently member of the board of Alpha-Trust-Andromeda Investment Fund (listed in the Athens Stock Exchange), Vice President of Ergoman Telecommunications (a service providing company), Vice President of the Black Orange (a movie producing company) and the President of the Kostas Kyriazis foundation. He has published more than 40 papers in international referred academic journals, 7 academic books, and he has contributed with papers in 16 academic handbooks, both Greek and English. He is also one of Greece's well known novelists with 17 novels published in Greek language and 4 in English. In 2005 the President of the French Republic honoured him with the France's highest decoration, the Knight of the Legion of Honour (Chevalier de la Legion d' Honneur) for his contribution to the European integration and the preparation for the EMU as a member of the Delors-Moreau committee.

喬治·C·比特羅斯（George C. Bitros）於紐約大學獲得經濟學博士學位，並在紐約大學、希臘銀行研究部及雅典經濟與商業大學任職，直到2007年退休。他在主要學術期刊上發表了大量科學論文；與一些知名國際出版社共同撰寫和/或編輯了幾本書籍；共同編輯了希臘經濟評論（Greek Economic Review）和經濟不對稱期刊（Journal of Economic Asymmetries）；並擔任美國國家經濟研究局的研究助理。在公共領域，他撰寫了超過300篇文章，主要以希臘語發表，並在多個公共場合發表演講，接受報紙和期刊的訪問，並在公共論壇、電視和廣播電台辯論社會和經濟問題。他在政府擔任顧問職位，如經濟顧問委員會、國家電信與郵政管理局及商業與工業部，參與了多個政府委員會，負責重組希臘的公共行政及其他各個經濟部門，並在主要商業機構的董事會中擔任多個董事職位，如國家電信組織、比特羅斯控股公司（Bitros Holdings S.A.）、雀巢希臘公司（Nestle Hellas, S.A.）等。
尼古拉斯·C·基里亞齊斯（Nicholas C. Kyriazis）結合了學術和商業經驗。他擁有德國波恩大學的經濟學博士學位，曾擔任哈佛大學和特里爾大學的訪問教授。目前是希臘塞薩利大學經濟系的教授。之前的職位包括：歐洲議會研究總局的總幹事，希臘國家銀行政府顧問，自1998年以來擔任財政部長和國防部長的顧問，並作為希臘指揮、控制、通信、計算機及軍事情報（C4I）的主要顧問之一。他還曾擔任國家公共行政學校的秘書。目前是阿爾法信託-安德羅梅達投資基金（在雅典證券交易所上市）董事會成員，Ergoman電信（提供服務的公司）副總裁，黑橙電影製作公司（電影製作公司）副總裁，以及科斯塔斯·基里亞齊斯基金會的主席。他在國際同行評審學術期刊上發表了超過40篇論文，出版了7本學術書籍，並在16本學術手冊中貢獻了論文，涵蓋希臘語和英語。他也是希臘知名的小說家，出版了17部希臘語小說和4部英語小說。2005年，法國總統授予他法國最高榮譽——榮譽軍團騎士（Chevalier de la Legion d' Honneur），以表彰他對歐洲一體化及作為德洛爾-莫羅委員會成員為經濟與貨幣聯盟（EMU）所做的貢獻。