Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis Varoufakis – Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
Every so often humanity manages genuinely to surprise itself. Events to which we had previously assigned zero probability push us into what the ancient Greeks referred to as aporia: a state of intense bafflement urgently […]
Yanis Varoufakis – On the Deep State – an audio essay in seven parts
Is there a Deep State in our western liberal democracies? If so, is it a conspiracy or something more ‘interesting’ than that? These are questions that the Left has been traditionally engaged with, especially when facing […]
Yanis Varoufakis: The Italian crisis was the Left’s final warning
The Left must adopt a new, credible EU policy agenda: It’s time to explain how the bloc, and the euro, could be run differently, democratically and sustainably Read here
Yanis Varoufakis – Three days that shook Europe
The referendum in Greece of three years ago was truly a momentous event, as the Greek people defied the EU, only to be sold down the river by a – yet again – so-called leftist […]
Yanis Varoufakis – Greece, Germany and the Eurozone
When one views the current political situation in Italy, this lecture has a special relevance. It analyses how Germany crushed Greece, Ireland, Spain and Portugal and offers a way out of the current EU crisis.You […]
Yanis Varoufakis: Merkel’s Comeuppance is Europe’s – and the World’s – Misfortune
Yanis Varoufakis is right, he predicted the results of Germany’s austerity policy years ago. But the Germans, with their typical hubris, did not listen. They know better. If you are wondering why the EU’s political […]
Yanis Varoufakis – President Mattarella of Italy: From moral drift to tactical blunder
Once again the EU political elite has proven that their greatest fear is democracy – especially if it threatens their hold on power in the service of international finace and corporations. Yanis Varoufakis is co-founder […]
Yanis Varoufakis – Discussing Seattle’s Amazon Head Tax
Yanis Varoufakis’s take on why Amazon and other companies in Seattle are refusing to pay a “head tax” on their employees to finance housing for the poor and the consequences of such policies. Listen here
Yanis Varoufakis: Marx predicted our present crisis – and points the way out
Yanis Varoufakis turns to the Communist Manifesto and finds turth, solace, and inspiration. Highly recommended. Read here