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Yanis Varoufakis talks with Dan Denvir about the current crisis of capitalism and prospects for lasting economic and social change. ---------------------------------------------------- With capitalism in crisis, is lasting global political and economic change possible in a post-pandemic world? What lessons can economists learn from art production in this era of permanent crisis? Join member of Hellenic Parliament, former Greek Finance Minister and founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 25 (DiEM25) Yanis Varoufakis and The Dig's Daniel Denvir for a conversation on the view from Europe today and what the future might hold in a post-pandemic and post-capitalist world. Yanis Varoufakis considers himself a politician by necessity, not by choice. An economist and academic by training,
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Yanis Varoufakis talks with Dan Denvir about the current crisis of capitalism and prospects for lasting economic and social change. ---------------------------------------------------- With capitalism in crisis, is lasting global political and economic change possible in a post-pandemic world? What lessons can economists learn from art production in this era of permanent crisis? Join member of Hellenic Parliament, former Greek Finance Minister and founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 25 (DiEM25) Yanis Varoufakis and The Dig's Daniel Denvir for a conversation on the view from Europe today and what the future might hold in a post-pandemic and post-capitalist world. Yanis Varoufakis considers himself a politician by necessity, not by choice. An economist and academic by training,
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Yanis Varoufakis talks with Dan Denvir about the current crisis of capitalism and prospects for lasting economic and social change. ---------------------------------------------------- With capitalism in crisis, is lasting global political and economic change possible in a post-pandemic world? What lessons can economists learn from art production in this era of permanent crisis? Join member of Hellenic Parliament, former Greek Finance Minister and founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 25 (DiEM25) Yanis Varoufakis and The Dig's Daniel Denvir for a conversation on the view from Europe today and what the future might hold in a post-pandemic and post-capitalist world. Yanis Varoufakis considers himself a politician by necessity, not by choice. An economist and academic by training, he is a member of the Hellenic Parliament, Secretary-General of MeRA25, co-founder of DiEM25, and the former finance minister of Greece. Yanis has taught economics at the Universities of East Anglia, Cambridge, and Sydney, as well as at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of several books, including Adults in the Room, And the Weak Suffer What They Must, and The Global Minotaur. Daniel Denvir is the host of The Dig, a Jacobin magazine podcast featuring in-depth left analysis and interviews. He is the author of All-American Nativism: How the Bipartisan War on Immigrants Explains Politics as We Know It, which explains how decades, and even centuries, of American immigration politics helped make President Donald Trump a reality. His most recent project is a three-part narrative series on life and politics under Covid called "Antibody." ----------------------------------------------------------------- This event is a partnership between Lannan Foundation and Haymarket Books. Visit Lannan's site: https://www.lannan.org Visit Haymarket's site: https://www.haymarketbooks.org Lannan Foundation's Readings & Conversations series features inspired writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as cultural freedom advocates with a social, political, and environmental justice focus. We are excited to offer these programs online to a global audience. Video and audio recordings of all events are available at lannan.org. Haymarket Books is a radical, independent, nonprofit book publisher based in Chicago. Our mission is to publish books that contribute to struggles for social and economic justice. We strive to make our books a vibrant and organic part of social movements and the education and development of a critical, engaged, international left. Lannan Foundation is a family foundation dedicated to cultural freedom, diversity, and creativity through projects that support exceptional contemporary artists and writers, inspired Native activists in rural communities, and social justice advocates. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To read Yanis Varoufakis's books: Order a copy of "Adults in the Room" here: https://bookshop.org/a/1039/9780374538057 Order a copy of "And the Weak Suffer What They Must" here: https://bookshop.org/a/1039/9781568585994 Order a copy of "Global Minotaur": https://bookshop.org/a/1039/9781783606108 Listen to Daniel Denvir's podcast, the Dig: https://www.thedigradio.com/ Order a copy of "All-American Nativism": https://www.versobooks.com/books/2858-all-american-nativism. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us to help support our work! Subscribe to our YouTube channel and like this video Twitter: @haymarketbooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/haymarketbooks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haymarketbooks/ |