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Interview in Corriere Della Sera – 16 SEP 2015

L’ex ministro greco delle Finanze: «Presto ci sarà il lancio ufficiale e una sinistra pan europea capace di offrire una politica alternativa all’austerità» For the Italian version as published in CDS, click here. But beware: The Italian text there is … Continue reading →

Britain, Greece & the Struggle for a Decent Future – Emmanuel Centre, London, 14th September 2015

Jump to 1:04:50 for my address Filed under: Banking Crisis, European Crisis, Greek Crisis, Post-MinFin missives

On Jeremy Corbyn and capitalism – Channel 4 News, 14th September 2015

Filed under: Politics and Economics, Post-MinFin missives

On German Moral Leadership – English version of op-ed in Sunday’s FAZ

For the published version in Sunday’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung click here. For my original English text read on… For the hell of it! Immanuel Kant and Germany’s moral leadership Economists err when they think that human rationality is all about … Continue reading →

With Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbot in London – Monday 14th September

Filed under: European Crisis, Politics and Economics, Post-MinFin missives

There is an alternative to austerity – Brighton, Sunday 13/9, organised by PCS

Former Greece finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is one of four powerful speakers against austerity at a PCS public meeting in Brighton on 13 September. Renowned economist Varoufakis is likely to be a popular draw at our TUC Congress fringe meeting … Continue reading →

Fassina, Lafontaine, Melenchon, Varoufakis – this Saturday in Paris

Filed under: European Crisis, Post-MinFin missives

HOW EUROPE CRUSHED GREECE – Yanis Varoufakis’ op-ed in the NYT

ATHENS — Since the beginning of Greece’s financial crisis in 2010, two prime ministers have been swept from office after they were forced to adopt an unfeasible package of austerity measures in exchange for a bailout from the troika, as … Continue reading →

HOW EUROPE CRASHED GREECE – Yanis Varoufakis’ op-ed in the NYT

ATHENS — Since the beginning of Greece’s financial crisis in 2010, two prime ministers have been swept from office after they were forced to adopt an unfeasible package of austerity measures in exchange for a bailout from the troika, as … Continue reading →

Interviewed, for DW’s Conflict Zone, by Tim Sebastian

Click on the picture above to watch the interviewFiled under: European Crisis, Greek Crisis, Post-MinFin missives