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An accidental economist Let me begin with a confession: I am a Professor of Economics who has never really trained as an economist. But let’s take things one at a time.

Yanis Varoufakis: Thoughts for the Post-2008 World

Enrico Giovannini and Yanis Varoufakis: Another Now #4 | DiEM25 TV

Donate ? https://i.diem25.org/donations/to/events Join us! ? https://diem25.org/join Welcome to DiEM25 TV’s ANOTHER NOW. The program that owes its existence to a mindless virus that placed capitalism in suspended animation, something not even WW2 managed to do. The one-hour discussion every Monday where, together with a weird and wonderful guest, we rant and rave with one ambition in our souls: To prevent a return to normality once the pandemic passes. Enrico Giovannini is currently...

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Who pays for it? Europe’s response to Covid-19 crisis

#coronavirus #pandemic Is it already too late for the #EU to seize the initiative and prevent a repeat of the debt spiral triggered by the financial #crisis in 2008? Former ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet and ex-Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis sharply disagree on whether there's still time for the European Union to reach consensus and fill the global leadership vacuum in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Ann Pettifor, co-founder of Jubilee 2000, argues that the best way out of...

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Too late for Coronabonds? Yanis Varoufakis & Jean-Claude Trichet on how to pay for crisis response

#Coronavirus #pandemic #EU In Monday #F24Debate, Yanis Varoufakis pronounces coronabonds dead on arrival while former #ECB boss Jean-Claude Trichet insists it's not too late to mutualize #debt and rally the EU. Watch the debate tonight at 19H15 (CET) on https://www.france24.com/en/live  Subscribe to France 24 now: https://f24.my/YouTubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 https://f24.my/YTliveEN ... Visit our website: https://www.france24.com Like us on Facebook:...

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Yanis Varoufakis on Covid-19, Brexit and the trouble with Keir Starmer

On day 37 of lockdown, former Greece finance minister Yanis Varoufakis joined Freddie Sayers to discuss his late conversion to Brexit, the collapsing Left-Right distinction, and the politics of Covid 19. Have a watch above (apologies for the patchy quality – stick with it, it gets better and better!)… On Brexit: - While he disagreed with Brexit at the time, the whole second referendum campaign was insulting to Brexit voters and explains Labour’s defeat. - Whereas Dominic Cummings deployed...

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Stephanie Kelton and Yanis Varoufakis: Another Now #3 | DiEM25 TV

Donate ? https://i.diem25.org/donations/to/events Join us! ? https://diem25.org/join Welcome to DiEM25 TV’s ANOTHER NOW. The program that owes its existence to a mindless virus that placed capitalism in suspended animation, something not even WW2 managed to do. The one-hour discussion every Monday where, together with a weird and wonderful guest, we rant and rave with one ambition in our souls: To prevent a return to normality once the pandemic passes. This week I have the honour and the...

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Behind The News: Yanis Varoufakis on Life Under COVID-19, the Economic Crisis, and Greece

Behind the News with Doug Henwood - April 16, 2020 Yanis Varoufakis talks about life under COVID-19, the economic crisis, vultures stripping Greece, and democratizing the European Union (includes bonus audio clip of Jim Cramer recalling his Trotskyist past). https://blubrry.com/jacobin/59110597/behind-the-news-yanis-varoufakis/ Press like and subscribe! Subscribe to Jacobin: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=POLITICALREVOLUTION

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Yanis Varoufakis: Coronavirus economic fallout could heap more misery onto Greece

"I very much fear that Greece will have the largest number of people who go hungry as a result of the economic dimension of this pandemic," Yanis Varoufakis tells Euronews… READ MORE : https://www.euronews.com/2020/04/23/yanis-varoufakis-coronavirus-economic-fallout-could-heap-more-misery-onto-greece What are the top stories today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeDOz400FlseNGNqReKkFd euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe!...

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Roger Waters and Yanis Varoufakis: Another Now #2 | DiEM25 TV

Donate ? https://i.diem25.org/donations/to/events Join us! ? https://diem25.org/join Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame is here tonight, with host Yanis Varoufakis for some ranting and raving ;) The coronavirus crisis is revealing that the powers that be of the European Union have learned nothing from the Eurocrisis. They are currently betraying the interests of the majority of Europeans in the same way that they have done so in 2010 -- by failing to mobilize existing money and public...

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