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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

Ναι, ίδιοι δεν είναι. Γίνονται όμως – EφΣυν 6 ΑΠΡ 2019

Τις προάλλες ήρθε στην Αθήνα προσκεκλημένος του πρωθυπουργού ο Εβο Μοράλες. Φαντάζεστε τον Κυριάκο Μητσοτάκη, με τον Αδωνι δίπλα του, να προϋπαντούν τον Μοράλες στο Μαξίμου; Μόνο σ’ ένα εναλλακτικό σύμπαν θα βλέπαμε προσκεκλημένο κυβέρνησης της Νέας Δημοκρατίας τον πρόεδρο της Βολιβίας, ένα από τα ινδάλματα της Ευρωπαϊκής Αριστεράς από τότε που κέρδισε τις προεδρικές εκλογές της χώρας του ηγούμενος των...

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FT Alphachat 28 MAR 2019: On Democracy, Europe, the UK and Greece

[embedded content] Alphaville’s Jemima Kelly and Izabella Kaminska sat down with Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece and current organiser of a trans-European group, DiEM25, of what he calls “radical Europeanists” — in favour of union, without deflation or austerity. Mr Varoufakis answers criticism from the left, pointing out that even if the euro or the EU were poorly...

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BBC Question Time, Sheffield 27th March 2019

[embedded content] “Britain needs a People’s Debate on its business model and its Constitution independently of how Brexit pans out… The most sensible way would be for the UK to exit the EU but stay in both a Custom’s Union and the Single Market for an indefinite period (though not forever). After the People’s Debate is complete, a People’s Vote can decide whether Britain rejoins the EU or...

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