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The capitalism alternative in ANOTHER NOW – BBC World Service Business Daily 17 NOV 2020
, 18/11/2020
With Covid rampaging and many economies on life-support, some say we need to look beyond capitalism. A blue-sky thinker, the outspoken former Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, gives his thoughts on a radical alternative to standard market economics, including making all employees shareholders in corporations. And Miatta Fahnbulleh, chief executive of the New Economics Foundation, […]
In conversation with Eurointelligence’s Wolfgang Munchau on Trumpism, European fiscal discipline & the US-China Cold War – 10th November 2020
, 11/11/2020
For the Eurointelligence site click here.
Long, penetrating, discussion of ANOTHER NOW with Amy Mullins on 3RRR Radio’s ‘Uncommon Sense’
, 01/11/2020
Amy Mullins and Yanis Varoufakis in a special conversation about his vision for a post-capitalist society as presented in his new book, Another Now: Dispatches From An Alternative Present. For 3RRR’s site click here
On ABC Radio National’s LNL, discussing my ANOTHER NOW with Phillip Adams
, 16/10/2020
In a new book, entitled ANOTHER NOW: Dispatches from an alternative present (London: The Bodley Head), Yanis Varoufakis gives us a glimpse of what a truly democratised world might look like, and how we might get there. Duration: 33min 47sec, Broadcast: Thu 15 Oct 2020, 10:20pm. ABC website See also: ANOTHER NOW: An intimate introduction (video […]
Παρεμβάσεις στο debate του BBC1 Question Time περί Πανδημίας, Λιτότητας, Στήριξης Τεχνών & Πολιτών, Τραμπ – 8 OKT 2020
, 13/10/2020
Η βδομαδιάτικη εκπομπή του BBC1 με τίτλο Question Time, είναι η πιο δημοφιλής πολιτική εκπομπή στη Βρετανία. Κάθε Πέμπτη βράδυ διασταυρώνουν τα ξίφη τους εκπρόσωποι των δύο μεγάλων κομμάτων μπροστά σε ζωνταντό κοινό. Στις 8 Οκτωβρίου συμμετείχα σε αυτό με τις ακόλουθες παρεμβάσεις: [Το πιο πάνω βίντεο αφορά μόνο τις δικές μου παρεμβάσεις, με ελληνικούς […]
LOWY INSTITUDE: Interviewed by Alexandre Dayanton on EUROPE & THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM
, 28/09/2020
In this episode of COVIDcast, Lowy Institute Research Fellow Alexandre Dayant sat down with Professor Yanis Varoufakis to discuss Europe and the future of capitalism. Yanis is currently a member of the Hellenic Parliament and served as Greece’s minister of finance during the government debt crisis. ALEXANDRE DAYANT COVIDcast is a Lowy Institute pop-up podcast […]
On the toxic impact of the Eurogroup agreement of 9th April 2020 – With CNN’s Richard Quest (AUDIO)
, 13/04/2020
Discussing the toxic impact of the Eurogroup agreement of 9th April 2020 on Italy and Europe at large. Interviewed by Richard Quest on CNN’s Quest’s World
How deep will the Depression occasioned by Covid-19 be? Debate on BBC World Service’s THE REAL STORY
, 20/03/2020
Coronavirus: The economic crisis – Just how bad will the downturn be and can anything be done to soften the blow? Contributors Stephanie Flanders – head of Bloomberg Economics Yanis Varoufakis – Greek economist, politician, secretary-general of DiEM25 who also served as Greek finance minister during 2015Linda Yueh – economist and author of the book: ‘The Great Economists’ […]
Monetising misery & the future of capitalism – ABC Radio National, BIG IDEAS program
, 20/03/2020
Enormous global corporations and financial institutions are now, some say, more powerful than governments. Rules that once constrained and regulated capitalism have gone. And when their power causes massive destruction, the captains of Big Capital find ways to profit from the destruction. So, is modern capitalism, itself, a threat to capitalism? Or will corporations always […]
Το διπλωματικό φιάσκο του κ. Μητσοτάκη
, 17/01/2020
Το Μνημονιακό Τόξο δεν συναισθάνεται πως η εμπλοκή μας με την Λιβύη εξελίσσεται στο μεγαλύτερο ίσως διπλωματικό φιάσκο της Ελλάδας των τελευταίων ετών. Ένα φιάσκο-ήττα, μεγαλύτερο ακόμα και από εκείνο που έπληξε την αξιοπιστία της χώρας και τα συμφέροντα του λαού μας με τη στάση κυβέρνησης και αξιωματικής αντιπολίτευσης κατά τον εμφύλιο πόλεμο της Γιουγκοσλαβίας. […]
Ο ουσιαστικός συμβολισμός της επιλογής Προέδρου της Δημοκρατίας
, 17/01/2020
Σεβόμαστε την Πρόεδρο του Συμβουλίου της Επικρατείας, κα Κατερίνα Σακελλαροπούλου, αλλά απορρίπτουμε την λογική των περιστρεφόμενων θυρών από την κορυφή της δικαιοσύνης στη κορυφή του πολιτεύματος. Πρόκειται για πρακτική που συγκρούεται με την διάκριση των εξουσιών. Όταν οι δικαστές αρχίζουν να έχουν προσδοκίες ότι ο Πρωθυπουργός, νυν ή μελλοντικός, μπορεί να τους προτείνει πολιτειακή θέση, […]
Should liberal capitalism be saved? Martin Wolf & Yanis Varoufakis debating live
, 09/01/2020
Is capitalism past its due date? Can we even imagine a world without it? On 14th November 2019 Martin Wolf and Yanis Varoufakis debated the question ‘Should liberal capitalism be saved?’. Hosted on November 14, 2019 by the Financial Times to celebrate the Wincott Foundation’s 50th Anniversary, this special live event took the place of […]
Labour’s 2019 Manifesto: My assessment on BBC Radio 5, 21 NOV 2019
, 22/11/2019
As an economist, Labour’s 2019 Manifesto strikes me as a sensible, moderate and well-targeted program in view of Britain’s needs and capacities. Independently of what one thinks of Corbyn and McDonnell (Nb. my friendship and comradeship with both is well known), most people agree that: Exceptional investment in the green transition and technologies, possibly of a […]
Why is economics not a force for good and what must we do to make it so? Cambridge 8th NOV 2019
, 22/11/2019
On 8th November, at the invitation of Professor Antara Haldar of Cambridge University, I presented this talk in the context of a fascinating group of academics who gathered in the Cambridge Union’s upstairs seminar room to revive Keynes’ original idea of the Cambridge Circus – a radical circle of economists seeking the kind of economics that […]
Quantitative Easing: Its rationale, impact and the future of the world economy – Audio of speech delivered at ICA 2019
, 12/11/2019
Hosted by Bahrain Financial Market Association, the two-day conference organized in cooperation with the Central Bank of Bahrain themed “Reshaping Finance in a Changing Economy”. The ICA hosted the Greek former Minister of Finance Professor Yanis Varoufakis at a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Jarmo T. Kotilaine the Chief Planning and Monitoring Officer of Tamkeen. Other […]
Must we replace the dollar with a shared international currency unit? On the BBC World Service’s REAL STORY
, 06/09/2019
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, recently said that we need a new international currency unit to replace the US dollar. In this BBC World Service program, I was asked what I thought of the idea. For more of a background to my answer click here. (For the whole BBC program, click here.)
The IMF functions like the US-European bankers’ bailiffs – Varoufakis and Rogoff on BBC World Service’s World Business Report
, 28/08/2019
The International Monetary Fund’s latest $56 billion loan to Argentina is at risk of failing again. The Argentinian peso has slumped and opposition leader Alberto Fernandez wants to ditch the austerity conditions attached to IMF bailouts that have so far failed to reduce inflation, stabilise the currency or halt recession. The Washington-based multilateral organisation monitors […]
Tα capital controls τα έφερε η τρόικα, εξ. & εσ. – Συνέντευξη στο ΘΕΜΑ 104.6
, 28/08/2019
Ο γραμματέας του ΜΕΡΑ 25 Γιάνης Βαρουφάκης, μιλώντας στο ΘΕΜΑ 104,6 και στους Γιώργο Πιέρρο και Ελένη Στεργίου, αναφέρθηκε στην άρση των capital controls: «Τα capital controls ήταν αυτό που επέβαλε η τρόικα στη χώρα μας για να μην αποδράσουμε από την χρεοδουλοπαροικία. Εκείνο το πεντάμηνο έγινε μία προσπάθεια, θα ήθελα πάρα πολύ ξέρετε εκείνη η […]
What the Labour Party-DiEM25 collaboration is all about – speech by Yanis Varoufakis, now with video
, 18/07/2019
On Sunday 14th July, the Labour Party and DiEM25 leadership teams agreed to embark upon a common agenda for Europe and beyond. Later that day, the collaboration was announced at the closing plenary of the International Social Forum convened by the Labour Party at SOAS, London and opened by Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour […]
