Yanis Varoufakis: Thoughts for the Post-2008 World

Have you wondered why politicians aren't what they used to be, why governments seem unable to solve real problems? Economist Yanis Varoufakis, the former Minister of Finance for Greece, says that it's because you can be in politics today but not be in power — because real power now belongs to those who control the economy. He believes that the mega-rich and corporations are cannibalizing the political sphere, causing financial crisis. In this talk, hear his dream for a world in which capital...

“Treat migrants with respect, as human beings, and they’ll become the staunchest supporters of the UK.” — Yanis Varoufakis on BBC Question Time last week. (from a debate on BBC Question Time, Hartlepool, UK on October 20, 2016)

"The first thing that you must understand if you’re about to enter into negotiations with the European Union is that the other side is not going to negotiate." - Yanis Varoufakis Filmed at Brexit Britain: what went wrong and what now? An openDemocracy/Another Europe is Possible/DiEM25 event.

" Ils nous accusent d'être utopistes mais la vraie utopie est d'imaginer que l'Europe, telle qu'elle est aujourd'hui, anti-démocratique, puisse continuer comme ça. " Yanis Varoufakis, 16 avril 2016, Place de la République, Paris Photos & Vidéos : Stefanie Lebowski

Backstage Yanis Varoufakis, DiEM25 à Nuit Debout, 16 avril 2016, Paris

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​Em palestra ministrada em dezembro de 2015, no evento TEDGlobal, em Genebra, o economista e professor, Yanis Varoufakis, aborda sobre uma nova forma radical de pensar sobre economia, finanças e capitalismo. ​O palestrant​e menciona​ que nas democracias atuais, essa separação da economia da esfera política, o momento em que começou a acontecer, deu origem a uma luta inexorável e épica entre as duas, com a esfera econômica colonizando a esfera política, devorando seu poder.