Yanis Varoufakis's Blog, page 142

Building a Progressive International – op-ed Project Syndicate

ATHENS – Politics in the advanced economies of the West is in the throes of a political shakeup unseen since the 1930s. The Great Deflation now gripping both sides of the Atlantic is reviving political forces that had lain dormant … Continue reading →

The Struggle for Europe: Democracy vs Power – on RadioOpenSource

To listen, click hereFiled under: DiEM, European Crisis, Greek Crisis, Politics and Economics

IMF: Confessing to the sin in order to repeat it

You have read about the most recent IMF confession over its immolation of Greece. The question is: Does it signal a change in policies? Do not hold your breath! Recent history is pointing to a repetition of the crime-against-logic first committed … Continue reading →

The IMF confesses it immolated Greece on behalf of the Eurogroup

TIME FOR RESIGNATIONS AT THE IMF, THE ECB & THE COMMISSION TIME FOR AN APOLOGY TO THE PEOPLE OF GREECE TIME  FOR A POLICY U-TURN, BEGINNING WITH IMMEDIATE DEBT RELIEF, THE END OF AUSTERITY & THE CESSATION OF FIRE SALES TIME FOR THE … Continue reading →

EU ECONOMICS MEETS DEMOCRACY – interviewed by the Green European Journal

The architecture of the European Union institutions is flawed. Its leaders seem to deny the ineffectiveness of the response given to the financial and economic crisis as we see inequality and extremism on the rise. The European Union will be … Continue reading →

“Artists should be feared by the powerful” – complete pdf transcript of my Keynote at the Moscow Biennale, October 2015

The complete pdf of the Keynote with which I closed the 6th Moscow Biennale on 1st October 2015 is now available:. Click here (And for an audio file, click here)  Filed under: Art and Culture, DiEM, European Crisis, Ελληνικά

The Eurozone After Brexit – Die Zeit (in English and German)

For the German language version, as published in Die Zeit on 18 July 2016, click here. For the English version (as I wrote it originally)… The euro has failed, both as an economic and a political project. Moreover, its failure … Continue reading →

On the present and future of capitalism – my TED debate with Dambisa Moyo

Click here or… Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis calls himself a libertarian Marxist Keynesian — or “completely confused,” as he jokes. So it was hard to predict how he would react to Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo, a more traditional … Continue reading →

On homelessness, street papers & Brexit – in The Big Issue

Yanis Varoufakis on the consequences of Brexit – and why homelessness in Greece is set to rapidly escalate Click here for The Big Issue sire or… In the white heat of Greek recession, the rise of anti-austerity party Syriza and … Continue reading →

Who was planning a coup? Tom Strohschneider in Neues Deutschland

This article by Tom Strohschneider was first published in the German newspaper Neues Deutschland. Read the German original here or the English version on the DiEM25 site.  In Athens, the opposition is currently trying to suck political honey out of a … Continue reading →