Yanis Varoufakis: Thoughts for the Post-2008 World

On November 14, 2019, The Wincott Foundation will host an evening debate at the Financial Times to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. This special event takes the place of the usual annual Harold Wincott Memorial Lecture. The Foundation was set up in honour of Harold Wincott, who was widely regarded as the finest economic journalist of his day. Writing first in the Investors Chronicle and then, between 1950 and his...

An important message from Yanis Varoufakis, MeRA25 MP and DIEM25 co-founder, about the latest events in Greece, Chile, Bolivia, Hong-Kong and beyond. We need you more than ever! Join us http://diem25.org/join

[embedded content] Hosted by Bahrain Financial Market Association, the two-day conference organized in cooperation with the Central Bank of Bahrain themed “Reshaping Finance in a Changing Economy”. The ICA hosted the Greek former Minister of Finance Professor Yanis Varoufakis at a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Jarmo T. Kotilaine the Chief Planning and Monitoring Officer of Tamkeen. Other...

[embedded content] Last Friday (8th November 2019), I delivered a Cambridge Union address on (what else?) Brexit. My opening message was: “Instead of moaning about the state of British institutions, rejoice! For all its many ills, Brexit has reinvigorated British democracy.” Unlike most continental European parliaments, the House of Commons remains at the heart of decision making and, to...

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Roundtable discussion ‘Can Economics Become a Force for Good?’ Chair: Antara Haldar Lead: Yanis Varoufakis Discussant: Ha Joon Chang

Yanis Varoufakis has nothing but contempt for the party who enabled austerity. Catch the full interview here: https://novara.media/varoufakis2

As harsh austerity and xenophobic nationalism fester in Europe, Yanis Varoufakis discusses his antidote with Tellus Senior Fellow Allen White. What inspired your career trajectory from academic economist to prominent supranational activist? I went into politics because of the financial crisis of 2008. Had financial capitalism not imploded, I would have happily continued my quite obscure academic work at some...

[embedded content] Ο Γραμματέας του ΜέΡΑ25, Γιάνης Βαρουφάκης, καλεσμένος στον RealFM και τον Νίκο Χατζηνικολάου.