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Yanis Varoufakis: "We live under something far worse than capitalism"

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Yanis Varoufakis is one of the world's most famous economists and left-wing intellectuals. The former Finance Minister of Greece, he is a Greek politician, the founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25) and launched the Progressive International with Bernie Sanders. We had a lot to talk about: the European and the US left, Keir Starmer, Joe Biden, the pandemic, the economic crisis, fascism, the EU, the climate emergency. Strongly recommend a watch! Please support us making these videos by supporting the team at patreon.com/owenjones84 and subscribing to the channel - and pressing the bell on the main page to get notifications!

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Yanis Varoufakis is one of the world's most famous economists and left-wing intellectuals. The former Finance Minister of Greece, he is a Greek politician, the founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25) and launched the Progressive International with Bernie Sanders.



We had a lot to talk about: the European and the US left, Keir Starmer, Joe Biden, the pandemic, the economic crisis, fascism, the EU, the climate emergency. Strongly recommend a watch!



Please support us making these videos by supporting the team at patreon.com/owenjones84 and subscribing to the channel - and pressing the bell on the main page to get notifications!
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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