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How Trump rose to power (in 2’33”) – Business Insider video

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[embedded content] Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece and author of “Adults in the Room: My Battle with the European and American Deep Establishment,” explains that the rise of Donald Trump and the alt-right is a symptom of the failure of the establishment and liberal capitalism. Following is a transcript of the video. [embedded content] Yanis Varoufakis: My name is Yanis Varoufakis. I’m a failed finance minister of a failed state called Greece. I’ve written a book, “Adults in the Room.” Donald Trump is a symptom. He’s a symptom of the failure of the establishment. He’s a symptom of the failure of liberal capitalism to deal with a crisis of its own making. In the European

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