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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

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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In conversation with Stephanie Kelton on Money and Progressive Politics, on DiEM-TV’s ANOTHER NOW – Ep.3, 27 APR 2020

[embedded content] A week or so ago, Arundhati Roy wrote in, of all places the Financial Times, the following beautiful lines. I can think of no better way to explain why envisioning ANOTHER NOW is ever so important:  “Our minds are still racing back and forth, longing for a return to “normality”, trying to stitch our future to our past and refusing to acknowledge the rupture. But the rupture...

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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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In conversation with Stephanie Kelton on Money and Progressive Politics, on DiEM-TV’s ANOTHER NOW – Ep.3, 27 APR 2020

[embedded content] Welcome to DiEM-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...

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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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