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The Drayton Discourse: Yanis Varoufakis on Academia, the EU and Digital Currencies

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Is technology contributing to making the world safer? What is the role of academia and politics today? Hear Professor Yanis Varoufakis talk about his views on the recent decisions by the G7, the EU and more today! 00:00 Introduction 01:14 Academia and Politics 20:20 Data, Technology, and Privacy 30:39 Current Events 39:47 Thought Experiment

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Is technology contributing to making the world safer? What is the role of academia and politics today? Hear Professor Yanis Varoufakis talk about his views on the recent decisions by the G7, the EU and more today!



00:00 Introduction

01:14 Academia and Politics

20:20 Data, Technology, and Privacy

30:39 Current Events

39:47 Thought Experiment
Yanis Varoufakis
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.

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