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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

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Despite vastly different histories, cultures, and economies, the UK and Greece have at least one thing in common: both have provoked the ire of Brussels. Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and Chief Economist of Gavekal Dragonomics Anatole Kaletsky discuss what this means for the Brexit negotiations. Keep up to date with PS films by subscribing to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/project-syndicate ********************************************************************...

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For Europe’s sake, Britain must not be defeated – op-ed in The Sunday Times 10/9/2017

Britain must make a radical move if it is to avoid the snare set by Brussels, which wants Brexit to fail, writes Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis September 10 2017, 12:01am, The Sunday Times Varoufakis arrives at a meeting in Athens while he was the Greek finance ministerGETTY Share Brussels’s cheerleading journalists are at it again. Their mission? To aid and abet the EU negotiators in winning...

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In Brussels next Saturday 9/9? Come to the Bozar to discuss with DiEM25’s finest, plus guests including President Rafael Correa of Ecuador, the Real State of the European Union

[embedded content] The weekend before the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, delivers his official ‘State of the Union’ speech in Strasbourg, DiEM25 will be in Brussels, at the BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, to open the lid on the real state of our European Union; and to discuss DiEM25′ plans for 2019 and beyond. Featuring  former Ecuador President Rafael Correa, Jeff...

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The six Brexit traps that will defeat Theresa May – Guardian op-ed 3 May 2017

“It’s yours against mine.” That’s how Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany’s finance minister, put it to me during our first encounter in early 2015 – referring to our respective democratic mandates. A little more than two years later, Theresa May is trying to arm herself with a clear democratic mandate ostensibly to bolster her negotiating position with European powerbrokers – including Schäuble – and to deliver the...

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Ο Μακρόν στα (νέα) δίχτυα του Σόιμπλε – ΕφΣυν 2/9/2017

Ο Εμανουέλ Μακρόν, από τη στιγμή που φάνηκε ικανός να κερδίσει την Προεδρία της Γαλλικής Δημοκρατίας, αντιμετωπίστηκε από το Βερολίνο ως, ταυτόχρονα, θείο δώρο και μεγάλη απειλή. Θείο δώρο ήταν, αναμφισβήτητα, ως η τελευταία ελπίδα του βαθέος κατεστημένου να υποστηρίξει ότι ο εθνικολαϊκισμός (που έφερε το Brexit και μια σειρά από ακροδεξιές εξάψεις, π.χ. σε Ολλανδία και Αυστρία) αναχαιτίστηκε...

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In Brussels next Saturday 9/9? Come to the Bozar to discuss with DiEM25’s finest, plus guests including President Rafael Correa of Ecuador, the Real State of the European Union

The weekend before the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, delivers his official ‘State of the Union’ speech in Strasbourg, DiEM25 will be in Brussels, at the BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, to open the lid on the real state of our European Union; and to discuss DiEM25′ plans for 2019 and beyond. Featuring  former Ecuador President Rafael Correa, Srecko Horvat, Senator Alice-Mary Higgins,...

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On a radical vision for Brexit – interview with the New Statesman

I warned Jeremy Corbyn about Brexit – now Labour must regain its radicalism Yanis Varoufakis on a radical vision for Brexit. 1st September 2017 (Click here for the original NS site) From the beginning of my conversations on Brexit with the Labour leadership, I advocated a “radical Remain” stance: the UK should be for the EU, but not this EU. The labour movement in Britain and elsewhere has been critical of the...

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