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Yanis Varoufakis: Thoughts for the Post-2008 World

Varoufakis leaves home for Finance Ministry

(6 Jul 2015) Outgoing Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis had no comment as he left his apartment building to make his way to his office on Monday. He was besieged by scores of reporters, all keen to get a reaction to his surprise resignation, but refused to answer any questions. Earlier in the day, Varoufakis announced he was quitting his post despite the overwhelming "no" vote in the country's referendum on creditor proposals. Find out more about AP Archive:...

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Schaeuble, Varoufakis each speak at think tank

(16 Apr 2015) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Washington, DC - 16 April 2015 1. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble (left) at the Brookings Institution 2. Close of Schauble at discussion, UPSOUND (English) Unidentified panellist: "Yesterday you mentioned that despite all the headlines about Greece that there had been very little contagion in the bond market from the higher yields in Greek bond market to the periphery of Europe....

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Yanis Varoufakis – Another Now, Beyond Technofeudalism – Live on 16 April at 6 pm CET

A conversation with Yanis Varoufakis on his vision for an alternative world, beyond the present version of capitalism - that he calls technofeudalism - presented in his new book, Another Now. Yanis Varoufakis has been Finance Minister of Greece in 2015 at the time of the Greek debt crisis, is Member of the Hellenic Parliament, founder of the transnational Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), co-founder of the Progressive International organization. He is Professor of Economics at the...

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Varoufakis compares Greece to post-WWII Germany

(8 Jun 2015) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Berlin - 8 June 2015 1. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis walking to lectern 2. Cutaway 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Yanis Varoufakis, Greek Finance Minister: "To implement these reforms successfully Greeks need a missing ingredient - hope. A speech of hope for Greece is precisely what would it take and make all the difference now. A speech of hope for Greece would benefit our creditors,...

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Varoufakis on debt "conundrum", market analysis

(19 May 2015) Market anxiety eased in Greece on Tuesday after the country's finance minister said he was confident of reaching a deal with bailout creditors as soon as next week. At a conference in Athens, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis suggested thatt those in the "official sector" must find a way to restructure an otherwise "un-payable debt," as happens in the private sector. Greece's new left-wing government have struggled to agree on a list of reforms that...

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Words made by Greece’s former Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis

Words made by Greece's former Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis had ignited a hail across social media. The audience was amazed by his insightful understandings of China. Regarding the doubts raised by an American about China's influence in Africa, Varoufakis praised that China's influence is not the same as the West's colonial acts 100 years ago. On top of that, China lends its hands to African countries' infrastructures with no strings attached, yet with great humanity.

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Varoufakis comments on debt talks

(8 Jun 2015) Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said no negotiations took place during talks on Monday morning with his German counterpart, Wolfgang Schauble in Berlin. Varoufakis said his meeting with Schauble was productive and the two officials have a common understanding of the crisis. He gave no sign that a solution was about to be reached with international lenders, speaking instead of a process that could continue for weeks to come. Find out more about AP Archive:...

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