Yanis Varoufakis: Thoughts for the Post-2008 World

Thomas Wieser’s claim that Yanis Varoufakis and the Greek government of 2015 cost their economy 200 billion euros is ludicrous. As Wieser knows – because he was one of the architects of the policy – the Greek economy in 2015 was strangled by its creditors. The creditors inflicted severe damage from the first day: by undermining liquidity of the bank system, refusing to restructure the debt, insisting on harsh...

Το Θέατρο Rose ιδρύθηκε από τον Sir Peter Hall και αποτελεί το επίκεντρο, μαζί με το Θέατρο Globe, παραστάσεων των έργων του Σέξπιρ. Τα τελευταία χρόνια, καθιέρωσε Ετήσια Διάλεξη για τον Σέξπιρ, φιλοξενώντας μελετητές των έργων του και ηθοποιούς όπως η Judi Dench. Αύριο, Δευτέρα 19 Μαρτίου, στην 6η ‘έκδοση’ αυτής της διάλεξης, το θέμα που επέλεξα αφορά την τον τρόπο που τα έργα του Ουίλιαμ Σέξπιρ, που συνεχίζουν...

Yanis Varoufakis has emerged not only as an embattled finance minister, iconoclastic economist, and co-founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25), but a life-long lover of Shakespeare. He called the Greek debt crisis ‘a Shakespearean tragedy’, reported that observing the European Union is ‘like watching Othello’, and compared the world’s Deep Establishment to Shylock and Macbeth. Those who sold out were...

Il commento di Varoufakis sull'eventuale adozione di un reddito minimo di cittadinanza come proposta dal M5s

Σήμερα, Σάββατο 10 Μαρτίου, ιδρύουμε στη Νάπολη της Ιταλίας το πρώτο διεθνικό κόμμα που θα κατέβει στις ευρωεκλογές του Μαΐου του 2019 με κοινό πρόγραμμα οικονομικών, κοινωνικών, οικολογικών και θεσμικών τομών. Η Ευρώπη ισορροπεί στην κόψη του ξυραφιού. Αν παραμείνει στα χέρια του βαθέος κατεστημένου που τη σφετερίζεται, θα συνεχίσει να υπνοβατεί προς την αποτελμάτωση. Οι προοπτικές αυτής της Ευρώπης είναι...

In this interview LA STAMPA sought my views on the outcome of the Italian elections. My original answers (in English) appear below. The gist? Italy’s election result is yet another example of the political centre’s implosion as a result of the establishment’s perseverance with failed, austerity-based policies, pretending that they were the solution to our continent’s systemic crisis. One thing is clear: A new...

"We are desperate for better leadership but we are not getting it," said Yanis Varoufakis, Former Minister of Finance of Greece and Professor of Economics. Hear more from Varoufakis on the cyclical links between economics and politics, how private equity need the support of political leadership, and his views on how Brexit should play out. Find out more about SuperReturn International 2018 at https://goo.gl/cgSswE.

To read one excellent review of one’s book is a joy. To read an engaging and deeply thoughtful review of different categories of reviews of one’s book is a rare privilege. Normally, I should have left matters there, enjoying the diversity of opinion that Adults in the Room engendered. But this is not an academic book whose work is done. Its subject-matter concerns really suffering people and a continent – Europe...

Recorded: Feb 28th, 2018 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.

[embedded content]