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April 3, 2016
‘Europe is too important to be left to its clueless rulers’ – Telegraph profile
By Mick Brown, 31 MARCH 2016 • 11:08AM [For the TELEGRAPH site, complete with photos and videos, click here] So, I say to Yanis Varoufakis, you were an obscure university lecturer, with a sideline in writing comment pieces about economics, who had … Continue reading →
April 2, 2016
Antonio Fazio, ex Govenor of Italy’s Central Bank, endorses Varoufakis’ analysis
[The report below is an abridged English translation of an article in Katholisches under the title Varoufakis, DiEM25 und Papst Franziskus For the English translation of the whole article, click here.] Antonio Fazio, the ex Govenor of the Italian Central Bank, criticizes EU Economic … Continue reading →
What’s DiEM25, really? Reply to Open Letter by Souvlis&Mazzolini
Shortly after DiEM25’s Rome launch, I received a splendid Open Letter from George Souvlis and Samuele Mazzolini. It reminded me of another such letter I had received from John Malamatinas prior to DiEM25’s Berlin launch. George and Samuele raise crucial … Continue reading →
On Martin Sandbu’s FT review of “And the weak suffer what they must?”
Martin Sandbu reviewed my new book (And The Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe, Austerity and the Great Threat to Global Stability, Bodley Head & Nation Books) for the FT. (Click here for the, unfortunately, paywalled site.) I wish to thank … Continue reading →
April 1, 2016
On the BBC’s HARDtalk, talking with Stephen Sackur
Filed under: DiEM, European Crisis, Politics and Economics, Post-MinFin missives
Interview with The Economist – full transcript
For The Economist’s site, where this interview with Jeremy Cliffe appeared. click here. YANIS VAROUFAKIS is a Greek economist who served as finance minister in his country’s Syriza government from January to September last year. After this approved the third bailout package, which … Continue reading →
March 29, 2016
The Eurogroup Made Simple
The Eurozone is the largest and most important macro-economy in the world. And yet, this gigantic macro-economy features only one institution that has legal status: the European Central Bank, whose charter specifies what powers the Frankfurt-based institution has in its … Continue reading →
March 25, 2016
Lectio Magistralis (video) & Ugo Mattei on Varoufakis as economist – University of Torino
Click here to watch the video of the Lectio Magistralis entitled: DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE – The Political Economics of an Epic Struggle. March 17, Torino, Italy. Professor Ugo Mattei’s eulogy follows below. From Abstraction to Phenomenology in Social Theory: Yanis Varoufakis the Economist … Continue reading →
March 24, 2016
QUARTZ Magazine – DiEM25’s plan to save the European Union from itself
[Click here for the Quartz site] After years of economic turmoil, a near-Grexit, a looming Brexit, and a refugee crisis that challenges the very principle of open borders, it’s safe to say that the European Union is struggling. According to … Continue reading →
Transparency in Europe now! Sign/share the petition today!
To: Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President of the Eurogroup, the Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), and Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) Mario Draghi, … Continue reading →
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