Yanis Varoufakis's Blog, page 141

KURIER: Österreichs Sozialdemokra­tie hat ihr Ende erreicht

Der griechische Ex-Finanzminister sagt, der Geist Bruno Kreiskys sei verloren gegangen. 31.08.2016, 14:01 Der frühere griechische Finanzminister Gianis Varoufakis hat in Alpbach bei einem Pressegespräch auch zur österreichischen Innenpolitik Stellung genommen. Er kritisierte dabei die von den Sozialdemokraten übernommenen Inhalte … Continue reading →

Markets vs States in today’s Europe: An Alpbach Keynote Debate

In October 2015, I had the opportunity to debate, in Munich, Professor Hans Werner Sinn on the European Monetary Union and, more broadly, Europe’s economy . On 30 August 2016, at the Alpbach European Forum, I debated Professor Sinn’s successor … Continue reading →

DiEM25: Bring it on! – J.K. Galbraith in the Boston Globe

From the destruction of Greece to democracy in Europe By James K. Galbraith (Click here for the Globe’s site) IN PROTESTING the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I, John Maynard Keynes wrote: “The policy . . . of depriving … Continue reading →

The Politics of Negative Interest Rates – Project Syndicate op-ed

ATHENS – Objects of desire come at a cost. Only bad things, like toxic waste, have a negative price, the equivalent of a fee payable to anyone willing to make them disappear. Does this mean that negative interest rates embody a … Continue reading →

“Merkel has no plan” – interviewed by Die Welt’s editor, Stefan Aust

A few weeks ago, Stefan Aust, Die Welt’s editor and formerly the heart and soul of Der Spiegel, paid me a visit at our Aegina house. We spoke for a good two hours on Europe, Germany, Greece and, of course, … Continue reading →

The FT’s summer Q&A

The FT’s silly season Q&A edition had some questions for several of us. Here are my answers: How are you spending the summer? Like every summer: accumulating sensations that, when the depths of winter arrive, will allow me to, still, … Continue reading →

On the need to re-boot the world economy

Interviewed by David de Jong, Bloomberg News  Filed under: DiEM, European Crisis, Politics and Economics

Discussing the IMF’s confession – with Phillip Adams, LNL, ABC Radio National

How the IMF and the EU screwed Greece: It’s Official (Title as it appeared on the ABC’s website) Filed under: And the Weak Suffer What They Must? - the book, DiEM, European Crisis, Politics and Economics

Galbraith’s letter to Kathimerini: Let’s talk about academic-journalistic ethics, shall we?

Athens daily Kathimerini published a letter signed by 23 ‘US-educated Greeks’ sent to the University of Texas’ President denouncing James K. Galbraith (a long-standing professor there) for having helped me design a “monetary cum military coup d’etat”.  At least that was … Continue reading →

On Counterpunch Radio: Progressive politics, the US election and Europe

This week Eric Draitsler sits down with economist, and former Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis to discuss the shifts in the political landscape of both Europe and the US, and what they mean for political activism and progressive politics. Eric … Continue reading →