Yanis Varoufakis: Thoughts for the Post-2008 World

Yanis Varoufakis author of "Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works-and How It Fails" recorded May 15, 2018 at University Temple United Methodist Church in Seattle, WA.

Recorded May 15th, 2018 Yanis Varoufakis - Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works--and How It Fails - https://amzn.to/2S7oUO8 Yanis Varoufakis served as Minister of Finance of Greece in during one of the most dramatic periods in the country’s modern history. He has since gone on to be a leading anti-austerity voice across Europe and the world, supporting a more progressive, left-leaning solution to the economic woes many have faced since the banking crisis.

In is address to the Cambridge Forum in Massachusetts, Economist and fierce EU critic Yanis Varoufakis considers the need for a radically new way of thinking about the economy, finance and capitalism. WGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideas (Thumbnail Photo: Marclozanobosch/Flickr) Like us: http://facebook.com/wgbhforum Tweet with us: http://twitter.com/ForumNetwork See our complete archive here: http://forum-network.org

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The idea of a unified Europe didn’t always elicit the current mixture of exasperation, boredom, and rage, in politicians and ordinary people alike. In fact, there was a time when the European Union seemed like a great initiative, especially on a continent ravaged first by two hot wars, then broken in half by a cold one. A permanent peace between neighboring nations founded on a common market and sealed with...

Polémico. Atractivo. Brillante. Controvertido. Los seis meses de Yanis Varoufakis(Atenas, 1961) al frente del Ministerio de Finanzas de Grecia lo convirtieron en una celebridad global, en una suerte de estrella del rock de la política económica. Sus detractores lo caricaturizan como un extremista medio chiflado de izquierdas —según su propia definición—, enamorado de las motos potentes, de los restaurantes chic,...