Austerity
Yanis Varoufakis – Economic Theory in the Age of Technofeudalism
The disconnect between capitalism and finance To watch click here
Yanis Varoufakis
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – Why does economics matter?
Yanis Varoufakis is a Greek economist, politician, leader of MeRA25 and DiEM25, former Greece’s Finance Minister, author and professor 1. Why does economics matter? Everything we do, and everything that is possible within our social […]
Corruption
Yanis Varoufakis – Draghi’s outrageous deployment of McKinsey, Europe’s predicament, DiEM25’s proposals
“Mario Draghi hired McKinsey to ‘organise’ Italy’s distribution of the Recovery Fund monies. What next? Get the Mafia to re-organise the Ministry of Justice?” Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, is leader of […]
Corruption
Yanis Varoufakis – Is the EU Recovery Fund a step toward integration or further fragmentation?
Yanis Vraoufakis’ analysis concerning the EU is as usual excellent. His solutions are definitely open to debate. Listen here
Austerity
Yanis Varoufakis – The EU’s multiple failures are due to its immunity to democracy – The New Statesman
From denial, to grudging acceptance, to substantial intervention, to debacle: that was the European Union’s trajectory once the storm that nearly consumed Wall Street in 2008 had crossed the Atlantic, starting the euro crisis. Twelve […]
Austerity
Yanis Varoufakis – Designing a Postcapitalist Future in the Midst of the Pandemic
Doubts that our world is morally indefensible become unforgiveable when even the bankers of the ultra-rich, along with the bailiffs working diligently on their behalf, are panicking about excessive inequality. Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance […]
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – Something Remarkable just Happened this August: How the Pandemic has Sped up the Passage to Post-Capitalism
It is daunting how everyone seems to want to ignore the acute crisis in which we find ourselves Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, is leader of the MeRA25 party and Professor of […]
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – Why Bitcoin is not a Socialist’s Ally
On 15th July, Ben Arc published in Bitcoin Magazine an open letter addressed to me in a bid to convince me that I should re-assess my rejection of Bitcoin as a force for good; as […]
Austerity
Yanis Varoufakis – The EU Coronavirus Recovery Fund will take Europe another Step towards Disintegration
During the early years of the eurozone crisis, I remember gauging its depths by the rapidly diminishing half-life of the celebrations that followed every European Union summit. Premature proclamations that the crisis was over inspired hope, […]
Austerity
Yanis Varoufakis – While EU leaders squabble, the Elephant in the Room remains unnoticed
While the media are reporting the news of the deadlocked EU Summit negotiations over the so-called ‘Recovery Fund’, an eerie silence prevails regarding the Elephant in the Room: The huge wave of austerity the Eurozone […]