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Creditors Uninterested in Getting Their Money Back – Political Economy lecture, now published in the Australian Journal of Political Economy

Click here for the pdf of the article that resulted from the talk below and which was published in the Australian Journal of Political Economy  Filed under: DiEM, European Crisis, Politics and Economics

Spanish election campaign begins (and so does the smear campaign)

Yes, the Spanish general election campaign has begun and the forces of regression have chosen to begin their smear campaign by targeting Ada Colau, the Mayor of Barcelona and one of DiEM25 initiators. The charge? That she spent local government money to … Continue reading →

Why DiEM25? And why the Spanish election offers hope for Europe

Filed under: DiEM, European Crisis, Politics and Economics

Interview in El Confidencial on Europe & the Spanish election

FOR THE PUBLISHED VERSION IN SPANISH, CLICK HERE. For the original Q&A (in English)… -Has Europe become a new bureaucracy? Are we governed by technocrats? As you describe them in the book, European Union and the European Central Bank have … Continue reading →

Οn contemporary capitalism’s preposterous reversal of the truth

Thanks to Mark Carrigan for posting this (based on this article in The Guardian). “This isn’t a new idea” writes Mark,”but I’ve rarely encountered it expressed so concisely: The idea that individuals create wealth and that all governments do is come … Continue reading →

Zizek’s & Varoufakis’ ‘Dear Britain’ letters, in DiEM25’s spirit

A few weeks ago, The Guardian asked a number of authors to write an intimate letter to… Britain (Dear Britain,…) explaining why we want ‘her’ to stay in the EU. Here are two of those letters, written by two DiEM25 … Continue reading →

And The Weak Suffer What They Must? Review in the Times Higher Education

by Victoria Bateman Source: iStock Written by the anti-austerity rebel economist and former finance minister in Greece’s Syriza government, this is not simply a book about the modern-day problems of Yanis Varoufakis’ native country. Neither is its object of study … Continue reading →

Discussing Brexit with Anthony Barnett

 Filed under: DiEM

On the meaning of democracy (& the difference from majoritarianism) – interview with Huff Post

It’s not just about the will of the majority, said Yanis Varoufakis. Click here for the Huffington/World Post’s site. Filed under: DiEM

The ECB’s Illusory Independence – Project Syndicate op-ed

 ATHENS – A commitment to the independence of central banks is a vital part of the creed that “serious” policymakers are expected to uphold (privatization, labor-market “flexibility,” and so on). But what are central banks meant to be independent of? … Continue reading →