Interviews
El Pais long interview on my TECHNOFEUDALISM
, 20/10/2023
LONG READ by MIGUEL ÁNGEL GARCÍA VEGA in El Pais on my Technofeudalism. Miguel has interviewed me many times in the past but this time he did so exclusively for my new book TECHNOFEUDALISM: What killed capitalism which will shortly be available in Spanish also. Here is the English language version of Miguel’s piece, based […]
Interviewed by Aaron Bastani, for Novara Media, on my TECHNOFEUDALISM
, 08/10/2023
In his new book, ‘Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism’, Yanis Varoufakis explores how giant tech firms, both in the US and China are expanding their control over the planet. His analysis is that, whilst material resources certainly matter, the real battle ground is over digital real estate. Aaron sat down with Yanis to talk about how […]
Interviewed by PoliticsJOE on my TECHNOFEUDALISM
, 06/10/2023
Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, politician and author of Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism. He swung by JOE Towers to chat to us about his new book, the regression of neoliberal capitalism to a feudal system ran by a few tech billionaires, and the future of global capital. Subscribe to our new podcast now, or you’re […]
Channel 4’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy interviews me on my TECHNOFEUDALISM
, 06/10/2023
In his latest book, the Greek politician – who in 2015, at the height of the Greek debt crisis, was catapulted from academic obscurity to Minister of Finance – argues that insane sums of money that were supposed to re-float our economies in the wake of the financial crisis and the 2020 pandemic have ended […]
Στο ΚΟΝΤΡΑ-NEWS με τον Πάνο Χαρίτο – video
, 05/10/2023
Ο Γραμματέας του ΜέΡΑ25 Γιάνης Βαρουφάκης στο κεντρικό δελτίο ειδήσεων του Kontra Channel με τον Πάνο Χαρίτο μίλησε για την οικουμενική σημασία της υπόθεσης Ασάνζ για την ελευθερία έκφρασης και την ελευθερία του Τύπου, τη δράση του ΜέΡΑ25 στο δρόμο προς το Συνέδριό του το Δεκέμβριο, για το www.aristera.eu και την ανάγκη διαλόγου της Αριστεράς.
UNHERD interviews me on TECHNOFEUDALISM
, 05/10/2023
In his new book, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, Yanis Varoufakis, the Leftist economist and former finance minister of Greece, suggests that the capitalist age has already come to an end. He argues that a new global economic and political system has stealthily replaced the old order, with the emerging dominance of tech monopolies like Amazon and Google. He […]
Long interview with Carole Cadwalladr, for the Observer/Guardian, on my Technofeudalism
, 04/10/2023
What could be more delightful than a trip to Greece to meet Yanis Varoufakis, the charismatic leftwing firebrand who tried to stick it to the man, AKA the IMF, EU and entire global financial order? The mental imagery I have before the visit is roughly two parts Zorba the Gr eek to one part an episode of […]
My latest visit to Julian Assange at Belmarsh – Double Down Network
, 02/10/2023
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Interviewed by Hugo Rifkind, for TIMES RADIO, on my TECHNOFEUDALISM
, 30/09/2023
“We are voluntary servants.” Capitalism is over and ‘social democracy is finished’, says Yanis Varoufakis, economist, author and former Greek finance minister. He tells Hugo Rifkind what’s taking its place. 📻 Listen to Times Radio – https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio
Bill Black and Yanis Varoufakis discussing corruption in finance – video
, 14/09/2023
Invited and chaired by Patrick Lovell (director of The Con), in this video Bill Black and I discuss financial corruption in the USA and the EU. Bill Black needs no introduction. As a lawyer he filed over 1700 indictments for financial corruption in the US, from the S&L scandal to this day. He was also the […]
What is money and who rules the world? | Yanis Varoufakis on Escaped Sapiens #46
, 18/07/2023
On this episode of the podcast I speak with Yanis Varoufakis about the role of banks and politicians. Yanis is an economist, politician, author and Secretary-General of MeRA25. He is perhaps best known for his role as the Greek Minister of Finance during the Greek credit crisis. In our discussion we cover some fairly big […]
La Stampa interview (English version) on Greek gvt refugee policy, Greece’s economy, MeRA25′ electoral setback, the euro, Italy’s PD and… Angela Merkel
, 29/05/2023
In this post you will find my original answers (in English) to La Stampa‘s varied questions (27/5/2023); from the Greek government’s shameful policy on refugees and MeRA25’s electoral setback, to the future of the Eurozone, my friend Elly Schlein’s leadership of Italy’s main opposition party, the PD and, yes, Angela Merkel! Almost all parties, on […]
To βίντεο-μανιφέστο του ΜέΡΑ25 για τις εκλογές της 21ης Μάη 2023
, 19/05/2023
Το μέλλον δεν είναι αυτό που ήταν. Προσφέρει στα παιδιά μας όλο και λιγότερες ευκαιρίες απ’ όσες είχαμε εμείς. Τόσο οι καλές σπουδές όσο κι η σκληρή δουλειά δεν εξασφαλίζουν τίποτα. Γι’ αυτό, τα παιδιά μας είτε μεταναστεύουν είτε αναγκάζονται να ζουν χωρίς όνειρα, σκυφτά. Τα νέα παιδιά… γονείς… γιαγιάδες και παππούδες… απαιτούμε ένα καλύτερο […]
Απαίτηση των Καιρών η Νέα Μεγάλη Αγωνιστική Αριστερά που οικοδομεί το ΜέΡΑ25-ΣΥΜΜΑΧΙΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΡΗΞΗ – η τελευταία μου ομιλία στη Βουλή πριν τις εκλογές
, 20/04/2023
Το ΜέΡΑ25 έφερε το ΟΧΙ στη Βουλή τον Ιούλιο του 2019. Στα τέσσερα χρόνια από τότε, το ΜέΡΑ25 όχι μόνο τίμησε εκείνο το ΟΧΙ αλλά και έδωσε δείγματα διακυβέρνησης καταθέτοντας σχέδια νόμου, τροπολογίες και θέσεις που απαντούν στο ερώτημα “Τί θα μπορούσε να γίνει ακόμα και σήμερα, σε αυτό το σαθρό σύστημα, υπέρ των πολλών;” […]
On Al Jazeera, explaining what I mean when proposing that we blow up the banking system
, 09/04/2023
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Britain, Europe, the New Cold War Finance & Technofeudalism – at the Cambridge Union
, 24/03/2023
On 7th February 2023, I returned to the Chamber to discuss a wide variety of issues, beginning with a Europe-at-war, post-Brexit Britain, the New Cold War that marks capitalism’s global transition to (what I call Technofeudalism), the state of the Left in Eastern Europe and more. Thanks Cambridge Union!
ΜέΡΑ25-Συμμαχία για τη Ρήξη: Η ανάλυση, οι προτάσεις & το όραμά μας εν όψει εκλογών
, 26/02/2023
Η μάχη των εκλογών ξεκίνησε. Το ΜέΡΑ25 μπαίνει σε αυτή την μάχη με πρωτοπόρα ανάλυση της συγκυρίας (ελληνικής, ευρωπαϊκής και διεθνούς), με συνεκτικό κυβερνητικό Πρόγραμμα 100 Ημερών, με πλούσια δράση στελεχών και μελών του και, ίσως το πιο σημαντικό, χέρι-χέρι με ανιοδετελείς αγωνιστές που ανταποκρίθηκαν στο κάλεσμά μας για συστράτευση στον αγώνα για την ρήξη […]
AGE OF ECONOMICS interview on economics and capitalism – video
, 26/02/2023
A diverse group of global thinkers answers 8 fundamental questions about economics and capitalism. In this video interview, Yanis Varoufakis has a go: 0:00 – Prologue 01:19 – Intro 01:38 – 1. Why does economics matter? 03:00 – 2. What are the differences between economic science and economic engineering? 09:46 – 3. What role does […]
Το Νέο Κίνημα Αδεσμεύτων & το Νέο Παγκόσμιο Οικονομικό Σύστημα που πρέπει να οικοδομήσουμε – Αβάνα, 27 Ιανουαρίου 2023
, 26/02/2023
Ο Πόλεμος στην Ουκρανία επιτάχυνε την διάσπαση της υφηλίου σε δύο τεχνο-φέουδα – στο ένα οι αξίες εκφράζονται σε δολάρια, στο άλλο σε γουάν. Καθώς ο κόσμος διασπάται, οι ταξικές συγκρούσεις τόσο εντός όσο και μεταξύ αυτών των τεχνο-φέουδων γεννούν καταστροφικές δυνάμεις που απειλούν το είδος μας με εξαφάνιση – από τον Νέο Ψυχρό Πόλεμο, […]
The New Non-Aligned Movement and New Economic System we have a duty to work towards – Havana Address, 27th January 2023
, 26/02/2023
The War in Ukraine has sped up the division of the world into two technofeudal fiefdoms – one US dollar denominated and one Chinese yuan denominated. As the world bifurcates, class struggles within each technofeudal fiefdom, as well as between them, generate destructive forces that threaten our species survival – from a New Cold War, […]
Exposing the scam that is an electricity ‘market’ – ANY electricity ‘market’
, 26/02/2023
So used are we to the idea of an ‘electricity market’ that the next sentence may jar in your mind: There is no such thing as an electricity market! In this video I explain why those who talk to us about electricity markets as something natural, clever and necessary are either deluded or in the […]
What’s behind the Great Volatility? Audio of SSGA Zurich Address
, 26/02/2023
From the Great Moderation to the Great Crash, the Great Recession, the Great Stagnation, the Great Inflation and, finally, to the Great Volatility. What are the forces driving this 50yr dynamic? Plus an answer to: “What did the euro crisis teach us about the EU’s various debt instruments?” A lecture delivered on 24th January 2023 […]