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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

E70: Xmas special!

For this special holiday livestream from DiEM25, we’re got something a bit different. Of course we’ll be looking back on the last year of political action against the oligarchy, and ahead to the new one. What did we learn? What were our successes… and failures? But we’ll also be sharing some more personal thoughts and take-aways from 2022. And since it’s Xmas, for those who join us live, we’ll be giving away DiEM25 merchandise too. So make yourself a...

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Yanis Varoufakis at the 2022 Global Investment Forum

Yanis Varoufakis served as Greece’s Finance Minister during the first six months of 2015. In this interview recorded 9 June 2022 he discusses Europe, the war in Ukraine, techno-feudalism as well as challenges ahead. Varoufakis read mathematics and economics at the Universities of Essex and Birmingham and subsequently taught economics at the Universities of East Anglia, Cambridge, Sydney, Glasgow, Texas and Athens where he still holds a Chair in Political Economy and Economic Theory....

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Yanis Varoufakis interview at the Global Investment Forum 2022

The Former Minister of Finance of Greece speaks with Serge Michel, editorial director of Geneva Solutions at the Global Investment Forum in Geneva, Switzerland (9 June 2022): a financial look the western world after two years of pandemic and the war in Ukraine, repercussions of the 2008 crisis, notion of consensus in the European Union, opportunities in private investments, the role of public money towards a green energy union, averting a new cold war between the USA and China, and averting...

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What is money and who rules the world? | Yanis Varoufakis | Escaped Sapiens #46

On this episode of the podcast I speak with Yanis Varoufakis about the role of banks and politicians. Yanis is an economist, politician, author and Secretary-General of MeRA25. He is perhaps best known for his role as the Greek Minister of Finance during the Greek credit crisis. In our discussion we cover some fairly big questions: When banks are bailed out, who really foots the bill? Who are the winners and losers during inflation? Are those that control the means of production still the...

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