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‘Dangerous fantasy’; Gold, Bitcoin won’t help you find freedom outside government – Yanis Varoufakis

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Central banks should be democratically controlled, said Yanis Varoufakis. Varoufakis is the former Finance Minister of Greece, and Secretary-General of the political party MeRA25. He spoke with David Lin, Anchor and Producer at Kitco News, about Bitcoin, gold, inflation, and the war in Ukraine. 0:00 - Central bank digital currencies 8:45 - Government tyranny 12:32 - Gold, Bitcoin 15:16 - Inflation 26:09 - Russia and Ukraine 31:02 - Upcoming book Follow David Lin on Twitter: @davidlin_TV (https://twitter.com/davidlin_TV) Follow Kitco News on Twitter: @KitcoNewsNOW (https://twitter.com/KitcoNewsNOW) Follow Yanis Varoufakis on Twitter: @yanisvaroufakis (https://twitter.com/yanisvaroufakis) #Ukraine #crypto #inflation __________________________________________________________________

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Central banks should be democratically controlled, said Yanis Varoufakis.



Varoufakis is the former Finance Minister of Greece, and Secretary-General of the political party MeRA25. He spoke with David Lin, Anchor and Producer at Kitco News, about Bitcoin, gold, inflation, and the war in Ukraine.



0:00 - Central bank digital currencies

8:45 - Government tyranny

12:32 - Gold, Bitcoin

15:16 - Inflation

26:09 - Russia and Ukraine

31:02 - Upcoming book



Follow David Lin on Twitter: @davidlin_TV (https://twitter.com/davidlin_TV)



Follow Kitco News on Twitter: @KitcoNewsNOW (https://twitter.com/KitcoNewsNOW)



Follow Yanis Varoufakis on Twitter: @yanisvaroufakis (https://twitter.com/yanisvaroufakis)



#Ukraine #crypto #inflation



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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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