Yanis Varoufakis: Thoughts for the Post-2008 World

Yanis Varoufakis Trailer 1 Yanis Varoufakis is a member of Greece’s Parliament and parliamentary leader of MeRA25, the Greek political party belonging to DiEM25 – Europe’s first transnational paneuropean movement. Previously, he served as Greece’s Finance Minister during the first six months of 2015. Varoufakis read mathematics and economics at the Universities of Essex and Birmingham and subsequently taught economics at the Universities of East Anglia, Cambridge,...

Economist and former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, who famously fought against austerity measures in Greece and then resigned when the Greek president went against the popular vote to accept the austerity being handed down by international creditors, explains the first labor market, the first real estate market and the beginning of capitalism, as if he were explaining it to his own daughter.

Yanis Varoufakis 8. Is Capitalism, or whatever we should call the current system, the best one to serve the needs of humanity, or can we imagine another one? Yanis Varoufakis is a member of Greece’s Parliament and parliamentary leader of MeRA25, the Greek political party belonging to DiEM25 – Europe’s first transnational paneuropean movement. Previously, he served as Greece’s Finance Minister during the first six months of 2015. Varoufakis read mathematics and...

Yanis Varoufakis 7. No human system to date has so far been able to endure indefinitely - not ancient Egypt or Rome, not Feudal China or Europe, not the USSR. What about global Capitalism: can it survive in its current form? Yanis Varoufakis is a member of Greece’s Parliament and parliamentary leader of MeRA25, the Greek political party belonging to DiEM25 – Europe’s first transnational paneuropean movement. Previously, he served as Greece’s Finance Minister during...

Yanis Varoufakis 6. Does economics explain Capitalism? How would you define Capitalism? Yanis Varoufakis is a member of Greece’s Parliament and parliamentary leader of MeRA25, the Greek political party belonging to DiEM25 – Europe’s first transnational paneuropean movement. Previously, he served as Greece’s Finance Minister during the first six months of 2015. Varoufakis read mathematics and economics at the Universities of Essex and Birmingham and subsequently...

Yanis Varoufakis 5. As we live in an age of economics and economists – in which economic developments feature prominently in our lives and economists have major influence over a wide range of policy and people – should economists be held accountable for their advice? Yanis Varoufakis is a member of Greece’s Parliament and parliamentary leader of MeRA25, the Greek political party belonging to DiEM25 – Europe’s first transnational paneuropean movement....

Yanis Varoufakis 4. Economics provides answers to problems related to markets, efficiency, profits, consumption and economic growth. Does economics do a good job in addressing the other issues people care about: climate change and the wider environment, the role of technology in society, issues of race and class, pandemics, etc.? Yanis Varoufakis is a member of Greece’s Parliament and parliamentary leader of MeRA25, the Greek political party belonging to DiEM25 –...

Yanis Varoufakis 3. What role does economics play in society? Does it serve the common good? Yanis Varoufakis is a member of Greece’s Parliament and parliamentary leader of MeRA25, the Greek political party belonging to DiEM25 – Europe’s first transnational paneuropean movement. Previously, he served as Greece’s Finance Minister during the first six months of 2015. Varoufakis read mathematics and economics at the Universities of Essex and Birmingham and...

Yanis Varoufakis 2. What are the differences between economic science (academic economics) and economic engineering (policymaking)? Yanis Varoufakis is a member of Greece’s Parliament and parliamentary leader of MeRA25, the Greek political party belonging to DiEM25 – Europe’s first transnational paneuropean movement. Previously, he served as Greece’s Finance Minister during the first six months of 2015. Varoufakis read mathematics and economics at the Universities...

Yanis Varoufakis 1. Why does economics matter? Yanis Varoufakis is a member of Greece’s Parliament and parliamentary leader of MeRA25, the Greek political party belonging to DiEM25 – Europe’s first transnational paneuropean movement. Previously, he served as Greece’s Finance Minister during the first six months of 2015. Varoufakis read mathematics and economics at the Universities of Essex and Birmingham and subsequently taught economics at the Universities of...