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Bittere Bilanz (Bitter Balance) – Interview with Funkhaus Europa (WDR)

Interview mit Yanis Varoufakis: Bittere Bilanz Von Miltiadis Oulios Kein Grieche hat in diesem Jahr die Gemüter in Deutschland so erregt wie Yanis Varoufakis. Die einen bewundern ihn, die anderen regen sich über ihn auf. Als griechischer Finanzminister ist Varoufakis zurückgetreten. … Continue reading →

At Kilkenomics, in conversation with David McWilliams PLUS press&tv coverage – 5 NOV 2015

Thursday 5th November was a happy day. David McWilliams picked me up at Dublin airport and… together we headed for Kilkenny, to open the 2015 Kilkenomics Festival. It was my first visit at Kilkenny but most certainly not the last. … Continue reading →

Democratise Europe! Address at the University of Vienna, 4 NOV 2015

Click here for a video of the event, here for more photos and here for a tv interview with state channel ORF-tv.Filed under: Democratise the Euro!, European Crisis, Politics and Economics, Post-MinFin missives

In conversation with Martin Wolf, FT Banking Conference, 3rd November 2015

In this 30 minute conversation with Martin Wolf, the FT’s Chief Economics Commentator), we discussed the on-going Eurozone crisis, what policies might end it, and the political impediments to their implementation. A detailed list of Martin’s questions follows. For readers without … Continue reading →

Europe’s challenges in a global context – Interview with Dirk Pohlmann, KenFM

Filed under: European Crisis, Politics and Economics, Post-MinFin missives, The Global Minotaur: A theory of the Global Crisis

Cambridge Union – Highlights and Varsity report

For a report on the talk published by Cambridge University student newspaper VARSITY, click here. To hear the complete talk, click below.Filed under: Democratise the Euro!, European Crisis, Politics and Economics, Post-MinFin missives

Hans Werner Sinn & Yanis Varoufakis: Debate at the University of Munich 28/10/2015

Click here for a video of a useful and heartfelt debate that I had with Professor Hans Werner Sinn, in front of a splendid audience at the University of Munich, 28th October 2015Filed under: European Crisis, Greek Crisis, Post-MinFin missives

Judge for yourself: The speech with which I ‘antagonised’ the Eurogroup

One after the other, officials who took part in bringing Greece’s elected government to its knees last July are now coming out of the woodwork with claims that the reason for the six month stalemate between Athens and the Eurogroup … Continue reading →

Europe Is Our Home, We Need to Fix It – in Handelsblatt, 30 OCT 2015

Yanis Varoufakis was appointed as Greek finance minister after the far-left Syriza party came to power inJanuary. The academic resigned in July after it became clear Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was going to askfor a third bailout, despite winning a referendum that … Continue reading →

The FT’s ‘inventory’ – a chance to reflect lightheartedly

The good people at the Financial Times invivted me kindly to participate in their ‘The INVENTORY’ – an intimate Q&A. Here are my answers (for the FT site, click here): What was your childhood or earliest ambition? Initially I wanted … Continue reading →