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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

Yanis Varoufakis on Europe’s Energy Crisis, War in Ukraine & Crackdown After Queen’s Death

We look at how the Ukraine war is contributing to an energy crisis across Europe with Greek politician and economist Yanis Varoufakis. Last week Russia announced it would not resume sending natural gas to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, blaming Western sanctions for supposed maintenance delays keeping the gas shut off. Prior to the war, Russia supplied Europe with 40% of its natural gas, but now European nations must find ways to cope with fuel shortages and soaring energy prices as...

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E63: Europe’s electricity market: the scam of the century?

Winter Is Coming…and Europe is facing a full-blown energy crisis. Power companies are hiking the price of electricity, making a tough winter even worse. And this time, it’s not just the poorest who are affected. The middle class is also feeling the squeeze. How much of this is due to how our politicians have set up Europe’s energy market, and how much to corporate greed? What other factors are at play? And how can we get out of this mess? Our panel, including Yanis...

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Has technofeudalism replaced capitalism? Yanis Varoufakis and Joseph Choonara

Speakers: Yanis Varoufakis and Joseph Choonara July 2022 East London https://socialistworker.co.uk/marxismfestival Around 2,500 people gathered in east London in July 2022 for three days of socialist meetings, debates and events at the Marxism 2022 festival. They listened and engaged with talks by striking workers, Jeremy Corbyn, Tariq Ali, Hannah Lowe, Yanis Varoufakis, Janet Alder and many others. Many of these meetings are available on this Youtube channel and all are on our...

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