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When economist Yanis Varoufakis last visited The Agenda a decade ago, the world was still reeling from the 2008 economic crash, which decimated the economy of his native Greece. In the years since, he ran for political office, became Greece's finance minister, and started his own political party. Varoufakis is the focus of a new six-part documentary, "In the Eye of the Storm: The Political Odyssey of Yanis Varoufakis." He joins us from Athens, Greece, to discuss financial instability in the world today.
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When economist Yanis Varoufakis last visited The Agenda a decade ago, the world was still reeling from the 2008 economic crash, which decimated the economy of his native Greece. In the years since, he ran for political office, became Greece's finance minister, and started his own political party. Varoufakis is the focus of a new six-part documentary, "In the Eye of the Storm: The Political Odyssey of Yanis Varoufakis." He joins us from Athens, Greece, to discuss financial instability in the world today.
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When economist Yanis Varoufakis last visited The Agenda a decade ago, the world was still reeling from the 2008 economic crash, which decimated the economy of his native Greece. In the years since, he ran for political office, became Greece's finance minister, and started his own political party. Varoufakis is the focus of a new six-part documentary, "In the Eye of the Storm: The Political Odyssey of Yanis Varoufakis." He joins us from Athens, Greece, to discuss financial instability in the world today. |