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August 25, 2015
The Athens Spring lives on! Speech at Frangy-en-Bresse, with Arnaud Montebourg
On Sunday 25th August, I joined forces with Arnaud Montembourg in Frangy-en-Bresse (or Frangy-en-Grece as it was renamed for the day!) to put forward to the people of France a simple message: There is no alternative but the democratisation of … Continue reading →
What happened in China? In a few words, from The Global Minotaur 2011,2013
Greece is off the headlines, for now, as China’s crisis has taken over. In our globalised world, the two crises are utterly intertwined, both the repercussions of global capitalism’s 2008 ‘moment’. Here are some extracts from my The Global Minotaur, both … Continue reading →
August 20, 2015
The Greek Plan for Growth & Recovery: Two documents the Ministry of Finance tabled in May and June 2015
Now that Greece’s Third Memorandum of Understanding has passed (see here for my annotated version), after the SYRIZA government surrendered on 12th July 2015, it is perhaps of interest to compare the ‘Reform Agenda’ in that agreement with the agenda the … Continue reading →
August 17, 2015
Bailout deal allows Greek oligarchs to maintain grip – The Guardian
The Guardian summed up my annotated version of Greece’s Third MoU with this title. Click here for the Guardian’s webpage or read on… Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has accused European leaders of allowing oligarchs to maintain their stranglehold … Continue reading →
A New Approach to Eurozone Sovereign Debt – op-ed in Project Syndicate
My latest column for Project Syndicate is now out. Click here for the Project Syndicate page or read on: ATHENS – Greece’s public debt has been put back on Europe’s agenda. Indeed, this was perhaps the Greek government’s main achievement … Continue reading →
My question to Christine Lagarde, Eurogroup 25th June 2015 – as narrated by Landon Thomas in the NYT
During the 25th June 2015 Eurogroup, the institutions presented me, in the form of an effective utlimatum, with a comprehensive staff level agreement and funding plan (which I considered financially non-viable). It was the deal that Prime Minister Tsipras decided, on … Continue reading →
Varoufakis and Lamont interviewed on Radio 4 on their peculiar political friendship
Further to this piece on my unlikely friendship with Lord Lamont, the BBC’s Radio 4 interviewed us, together. To hear the interview, on World At One, click on the play button below.Filed under: European Crisis, Greek Crisis, Politics and Economics, … Continue reading →
Greece’s Third MoU (Memorandum of Understading) annotated by Yanis Varoufakis
The Third Greek MoU is now enshrined in Greek Law. Written in troika-speak it is almost impossible to decypher by those not speaking this unappetising language. Click here for the complete MoU text annotated liberally by yours truly – in pdf … Continue reading →
August 4, 2015
Vindicated, while Lagarde emerges a loser? – David Marsh in MarketWatch
In his Monday column on MarketWatch David Marsh entitled his opinion piece: “Varoufakis vidicated, while Lagarde emerges as a loser”. Of course the point is not whether I have, or have not, been vindicated. The crucial issue concerns the viability, or … Continue reading →
August 3, 2015
Greek Tragedy – by Christos Tsiolkas (in conversation with Yanis Varoufakis), MONTHLY magazine
Novelist Christos Tsiolkas (The Slap, Baraccuda etc.) wrote this piece (for the Australian magazine MONTHLY) from a Greek-Australian perspective (after the two of us had talked extensively over the telephone). Click on the photo above or… Down the road from my … Continue reading →
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