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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

Talk inspired by Yanis Varoufakis’ TED speech "Capitalism will eat democracy — unless we speak up"

https://pyrapod.com Richard Nelson found Yanis Varoufakis' TED speech and passed it to me. A good chat spins out of this. Yanis mentioned Twin Peaks in his speech, which can also be expressed as a huge pile of capitals no where to spend at the expense of a huge lack of capitals by the majority who need them the most - envision a full sine wave of up and down. Enjoy! P.S. Sorry for the slow change of video images. OBS Studio slows down the video part in order to make sure the audio track...

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Yanis Varoufakis – We Live under Something Far Worse than Capitalism – 25 Nov 2020

Yanis Varoufakis is one of the world's most famous economists and left-wing intellectuals. The former Finance Minister of Greece, he is a Greek politician, the founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25) and launched the Progressive International with Bernie Sanders. We had a lot to talk about: the European and the US left, Keir Starmer, Joe Biden, the pandemic, the economic crisis, fascism, the EU, the climate emergency.

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Yanis Varoufakis calls for Black Friday boycott of Amazon

The economist Yanis Varoufakis has called for a one-day boycott of Amazon on Black Friday as trade unionists, environmental activists, privacy campaigners and tax justice advocates plan coordinated actions against the company’s sites and supply chain. Amazon’s success during the coronavirus pandemic – at one point the company was reported to be making sales of $11,000 (£8,200) a second – has vastly inflated its share price, increasing the personal wealth of its...

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DiEM TV: Another Now with Yanis Varoufakis

Every evening switch on the television from the future! We call it TV because we like retro-futurism. But it's much more than TV. In times of global pandemics, DiEM TV is special online and completely free series to understand the current crisis and offer tools and hope to get out of it stronger and more united in building the World After Coronavirus. In this episode of Another Now, Yanis Varoufakis will focus on one of the most powerful companies in the world -- Amazon / with a 30min...

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Yanis Varoufakis: "We live under something far worse than capitalism"

Yanis Varoufakis is one of the world's most famous economists and left-wing intellectuals. The former Finance Minister of Greece, he is a Greek politician, the founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25) and launched the Progressive International with Bernie Sanders. We had a lot to talk about: the European and the US left, Keir Starmer, Joe Biden, the pandemic, the economic crisis, fascism, the EU, the climate emergency. Strongly recommend a watch! Please support us making these...

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Prof VAROUFAKIS WHAT NEW INSTITUTIONS DO WE NEED FOR AN INTERNATIONAL GREEN NEW DEAL TO BE FEASIBLE?

All our evenement : https://www.umef-university.ch/evenements-universite-geneve Former Finance Minister of Greek, Professor Ioannis Varoufakis WHAT NEW INSTITUTIONS DO WE NEED FOR AN INTERNATIONAL GREEN NEW DEAL TO BE FEASIBLE? Time & Location 23 nov. à 13:30 – 15:00 CONFÉRENCE VIRTUELLE / VIRTUAL CONFERENCE About the Event Discussing obstacles and choices for our humanity; unexplored opportunities and developmental dead-ends, and our critical dilemma:...

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