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Democratising Europe – interviewed by James Lock for NOW THEN magazine

In recent years we have seen far more of the workings behind the curtain of neoliberalism than we ever have before. This is in part, I believe, due to the work of Yanis Varoufakis. A Greek economist educated in Britain, … Continue reading →

Athens book launch of the Greek translation of ‘And the weak suffer what we must?’ Monday 12/12, 19.00

The book will be launched at 19.00 on 12th December 2016 at Parnassos Hall, Plateia Karitsi 8. Speakers include Nicholas Theocarakis (University of Athens), Thanos Mikroutsikos (Composer) and Kostas Vaxevanis (Journalist and publisher). Video messages by Noam Chomsky, James K. … Continue reading →

Reflections on the nature & causes of global financial uncertainty – Amsterdam 4th DEC 2016

On 4th December 2016 I delivered the keynote at the RiskMinds International risk management conference in Amsterdam. A summary of my talk, compiled by the organisers, follows. What’s worse? Being a finance minister of a bankrupt state, or a risk … Continue reading →

Austerity doesn’t work, in <4 mins – from the Cambridge Union

Click here for an 8 minute version, recorded at a later Cambridge Union eventFiled under: DiEM, Politics and Economics

Help DiEM25 save Shabbir. Help Europe save its soul. Stop the EU-Turkey Deal!

DiEM25 is helping to take the shameful EU-Turkey refugee deal to Europe’s courts in a bid to save the life of one man, Shabbir Iqbal, and improve the lives of millions. #StopTheDeal What is this campaign? On March 20, 2016, the controversial … Continue reading →

Trump, the Dragon, and the Minotaur – Project Syndicate op-ed

  ATHENS – If Donald Trump understands anything, it is the value of bankruptcy and financial recycling. He knows all about success via strategic defaults, followed by massive debt write-offs and the creation of assets from liabilities. But does he … Continue reading →

Austerity in 8 minutes: Why it does not work. Why it is still practised

This speech was part of a Cambridge Union debate on ‘This House Has Lost Confidence in Austerity’. See below for the video of the whole debate. Filed under: And the Weak Suffer What They Must? - the book, Politics and … Continue reading →

On PM May’s new industrial policy, Brexit, the EU and Trump – Sky TV

Click on the imageFiled under: Brexit, DiEM, European Crisis, US Politics

DiEM25’s internal Brexit Process Referendum is on – analysis & open call

Democracy starts at home! So, at DiEM25 we decide on the movement’s important policy positions by means of an internal vote/referendum that follows a free and frank internal exchange. Below you will find the four options that our members are … Continue reading →

How to mobilise under & against President Trump – on WBUR Open Source Radio

Yanis Varoufakis, Ralph Nader, Tim Barker, Donna Murch and Simon Schama, interviewed by Christopher Lydon. Normalize This! Last week, the election of Donald J. Trump came as a thunderclap. This week, the echoes are still ringing in the ears of … Continue reading →