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May 13, 2016
Review of my talk “Basic Income is a Necessity” – examiner.com
Click here for the examiner.com site Yanis Varoufakis’ amazing reframe of Basic income Yanis Varoufakis produced half-hour video presentation and question-and-answer session. It was an address for the Future of Work Conference, in Zurich, Switzerland, 5th May 2016, at the … Continue reading →
Political Economy: The Social Sciences’ Red Pill – U of Sydney, 13th May
To mark his appointment as an Honorary Professor within the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney, we are delighted to announce the hosting of Professor Yanis Varoufakis. Filed under: DiEM, Politics and Economics
May 12, 2016
Technical change turns Basic Income into a necessity
Addressing the Future of Work conference, Zurich, 5th May 2016, Gottlieb Duttweiler InstituteFiled under: And the Weak Suffer What They Must? - the book, DiEM, Politics and Economics
May 11, 2016
On Spain’s general election & Podemos’ prospects – op-ed in Newsweek
Click here for the Newsweek site. Or… Last July, Mariano Rajoy, Spain’s conservative prime minister, exited a 17-hour-long European Council meeting dedicated to Greece, wielding in front of the cameras the surrender document that his Greek counterpart, Alexis Tsipras, had … Continue reading →
The Reform & Fiscal Policy Proposals of my ministry a year to this day – compare & contrast
A year to this day (11th May 2015), my team of international advisers (*) and I submitted this proposal for reforming the Greek economy, including a particular proposal for a debt reschedule. It is interesting to compare and to contrast … Continue reading →
May 10, 2016
On Reuters with Rob Cox, global editor of Breakingviews
Yanis Varoufakis joins Rob Cox, global editor of Breakingviews, to talk about his new book, ”And the Weak Suffer What They Must?”, the state of the EU, and the implications of a potential Brexit and Trump presidency. To watch the … Continue reading →
May 9, 2016
On Greece & Brexit – BBC2 tv Newsnight, 9th May 2016
Filed under: And the Weak Suffer What They Must? - the book, DiEM, European Crisis, Greek Crisis, Politics and Economics
May 8, 2016
DiEM25’s Vienna Assembly on Europe’s Duty to Refugees, on Europe’s duty to itself
On 5th May 2016, DiEm25 went to Vienna, the scene where the scandalous decisions regarding border closures motivated by a ‘moral panic’ over the refugees, were taken. The people of Vienna embraced our event with splendid warmth, generosity and enthusiasm. You … Continue reading →
Imagining a New Bretton Woods – Project Syndicate op-ed
The financial meltdown of 2008 prompted calls for a global financial system that curtails trade imbalances, moderates speculative capital flows, and prevents systemic contagion. That, of course, was the goal of the original Bretton Woods system. But such a system … Continue reading →
On CNN, discussing Greece and its creditors with Fareed Zakaria
How Greece was turned into a permanent debt-deflationary trap through unsustainable extend-and-pretend bailout loans. And how difficult it was to negotiate with creditors who do not really care about getting their money back. CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE OR CLICK … Continue reading →
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