European Crisis
Answering a Slovenian journalist's questions on the Athens Spring
, 11/04/2016
When Syriza won the elections in Greece in January 2015, the Slovenian right wing leader, obviously afraid that Slovenia’s New Left could follow its steps, said: Luckily this experiment will fail in Greece and will not be put into practice in Slovenia. Any comment?
Der Spiegel op-ed: Endgame for the IMF-EU Feud over Greece’s Debt
, 11/04/2016
For the Der Spiegel site click here. Otherwise… The feud between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European side of Greece’s troika of creditors is old news. However, Wikileaks’ publication of a dialogue between key IMF players suggests that we are approaching something of a hazardous endgame.
THE IRISH TIMES reviews ‘And The Weak…’
, 10/04/2016
For the site of The Irish Times click here. Otherwise…
Brexit would be the worst of all worlds – at THE GUARDIAN LIVE event
, 10/04/2016
To listen to the debate, click For THE GUARDIAN site, click here. Otherwise…
Michael Gove’s Review (The Times) of ‘And the Weak…’
, 10/04/2016
Click here for a pdf of Michael Gove’s review of And The Weak Suffer What They Must?
Guardian Long Read – Why we must save the EU
, 10/04/2016
5th April 2016. For The Guardian site, click here. Otherwise…
Telegraph profile – by Mick Brown
, 10/04/2016
For The Telegraph site, click here. Otherwise… ‘Europe is too important to be left to its clueless rulers’
‘Europe is too important to be left to its clueless rulers’ – Telegraph profile
, 03/04/2016
By Mick Brown, 31 MARCH 2016 • 11:08AM [For the TELEGRAPH site, complete with photos and videos, click here] So, I say to Yanis Varoufakis, you were an obscure university lecturer, with a sideline in writing comment pieces about economics, who had also devised and plotted virtual currencies for computer games, but your only experience of political […]
Antonio Fazio, ex Govenor of Italy’s Central Bank, endorses Varoufakis’ analysis
, 02/04/2016
[The report below is an abridged English translation of an article in Katholisches under the title Varoufakis, DiEM25 und Papst Franziskus For the English translation of the whole article, click here.] Antonio Fazio, the ex Govenor of the Italian Central Bank, criticizes EU Economic Policy… Fazio who is an economist and a practising Catholic known for his outstanding knowledge of […]
What’s DiEM25, really? Reply to Open Letter by Souvlis&Mazzolini
, 02/04/2016
Shortly after DiEM25’s Rome launch, I received a splendid Open Letter from George Souvlis and Samuele Mazzolini. It reminded me of another such letter I had received from John Malamatinas prior to DiEM25’s Berlin launch. George and Samuele raise crucial questions about DiEM25 and our project to democratise Europe. Here comes a feeble attempt to […]
On Martin Sandbu’s FT review of "And the weak suffer what they must?"
, 02/04/2016
Martin Sandbu reviewed my new book (And The Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe, Austerity and the Great Threat to Global Stability, Bodley Head & Nation Books) for the FT. (Click here for the, unfortunately, paywalled site.) I wish to thank Martin, whose own book on the same subject (Europe’s Orphan: The Future of the Euro […]
On the BBC's HARDtalk, talking with Stephen Sackur
, 02/04/2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZOAroRgIbY&feature=youtu.beInterview with The Economist – full transcript
, 01/04/2016
For The Economist’s site, where this interview with Jeremy Cliffe appeared. click here. YANIS VAROUFAKIS is a Greek economist who served as finance minister in his country’s Syriza government from January to September last year. After this approved the third bailout package, which he described as a surrender, he declined to stand in fresh elections and set about founding DiEM25, […]
Lies, Damn Lies, and European Growth Statistics
, 15/03/2016
ATHENS – “Greece has at last returned to economic growth.” That was the official European Union storyline at the end of 2014. Alas, Greek voters, unimpressed by this rejoicing, ousted the incumbent government and, in January 2015, voted for a new administration in which I served as finance minister. Last week, similarly celebratory reports emanated […]
Lectio Magistralis: DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE – The Political Economics of an Epic Struggle. March 17, Torino, Italy
, 14/03/2016
PROFESSORSHIP HONORIS CAUSA & Lectio Magistralis YANIS VAROUFAKIS has been appointed Professor Honoris Causa by the International University College di Torino. His Lectio Magistralis DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE, The Political Economics of an Epic Struggle will take place on Thursday March 17, at 2:30 pm, in the Aula Magna at the Campus Einaudi of the Università di Torino, Lungo Dora Siena 100. The IUC […]
L’Union européenne est en train de s’écrouler – L’ Echo
, 14/03/2016
L’ancien ministre grec des Finances Yanis Varoufakis est désormais à la tête d’un mouvement paneuropéen qui veut agir pour plus de démocratie et de transparence. Publicité
Salmond’s ‘big mistake’ – in The Sunday Times
, 14/03/2016
The former Greek minister says that the stance on sterling was a serious strategic error in the fight for independence, writes Michael Glackin. Click here.
Second Scottish independence referendum would be justifiable following Brexit – in The HeraldScotland
, 14/03/2016
Click here for the HeraldScotland webpages. Or…
Real vs Money Incomes – the one thing we need to understand during deflationary times (with an illustration from Greece and Cyprus)
, 13/03/2016
In inflationary times, real income growth is always good news. However, in deflationary times, real income growth may well reflect a deepening recession (or even a depression). This is important to know lest deepening recession is presented as… economic recovery (as has been the EU’s wont in recent times). How can real income growth reflect […]
Guardian Live | Europe, austerity and the threat to global stability with Yanis Varoufakis, Caroline Lucas & Tariq Ali
, 08/03/2016
Thursday 7 April 2016, 7pm–8.30pm, Emmanuel Centre, London, SW1P 3DW Has the EU lost sight of its original purpose? Critics argue that agreements such as TTIP illustrate just how undemocratic the EU has become. Are weaker nations paying the debt of a financial crash which they did not cause? Has the EU been reduced to a […]
Is the finance sector fit for purpose? Public Lecture, in London (30/3), with John McDonnell MP & Anastasia Nesvetailova
, 08/03/2016
This public lecture, convened and to be chaired by John McDonnell MP Shadow Chancellor, is aimed at informing the conversation about the finance sector. The event is part of a series of public events to widen the debate around economics in Britain and will offer the opportunity to hear from and put questions to the speakers on a […]
Europe and the Spectre of Democracy – interviewed by Michel Feher (Part 3 – DiEM25)
, 08/03/2016
In early January 2016, Michel Feher interviewed me in Paris in advance of our announcement of DiEM25. Click here for Part 1, here for Part 2 or here for the Zone Books – Near Futures website, to watch the complete video and/or read the transcript.