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Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis

Writing for PS since 2015
108 commentaries
5 videos & podcasts

Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, is leader of the MeRA25 party and Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. 

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  1. Europe’s 15-Year Slump
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    Europe’s 15-Year Slump

    Nov 22, 2023 Yanis Varoufakis explains why the European Union has fallen behind the United States and China since the 2008 financial crisis.

  2. Big Tech Cannot Be Regulated
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    Big Tech Cannot Be Regulated

    Oct 23, 2023 Yanis Varoufakis explains why today’s “cloud capital” is impervious to traditional antitrust enforcement.

  3. Christine Lagarde’s Gifts to Populists
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    Christine Lagarde’s Gifts to Populists

    Sep 27, 2023 Yanis Varoufakis worries that the European Central Bank's blunders have revived the far right's political fortunes.

  4. Europe’s Fading Democracy
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    Europe’s Fading Democracy

    Aug 21, 2023 Yanis Varoufakis vents his growing misgivings about the representativeness of the European Union's political institutions.

  5. Austerity Ruined Europe, and Now It’s Back
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    Austerity Ruined Europe, and Now It’s Back

    Jul 19, 2023 Yanis Varoufakis foresees a widening gap with the US as investment lags and workers' real wages continue to fall.

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    Poland’s Democratic Rebirth Pains

    Sławomir Sierakowski describes the rapid marginalization of the recently defeated Law and Justice party and its autocratic leader.
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    What Google and Facebook Owe News Publishers

    Haaris Mateen, et al. support laws requiring Big Tech to pay media companies for the content featured on their digital platforms.
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    The Legacy of Henry Kissinger

    Richard Haass

    The passing of America’s preeminent foreign-policy thinker and practitioner marks the end of an era. Throughout his long and extraordinarily influential career, Henry Kissinger built a legacy that Americans would be wise to heed in this new era of great-power politics and global disarray.

    reviews the life and career of America’s preeminent foreign-policy scholar-practitioner.
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    Fixing China’s Real-Estate Sector

    Yu Yongding suggests three measures the government can take to address property developers’ deteriorating finances.
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    The New Roots of Anti-Semitism

    Slavoj Žižek worries that Zionist fundamentalism is exacerbating the problem it purports to solve.
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    When Investors Subvert States

    Jayati Ghosh urges policymakers to end the undemocratic practice of allowing multinationals to sue sovereign countries.
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    Accelerating Latin America’s Clean-Energy Revolution

    Patricia Espinosa & Lourdes Melgar tout the huge opportunities and identify the main challenges of the transition to renewables in the region.
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    What Anti-Trumpism Is Missing

    Daron Acemoglu urges Democrats to support working-class interests and priorities after many years of neglect.
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    Beware the New Consensus on the Global Economy

    Mohamed A. El-Erian worries that domestic political divisions and market volatility could exacerbate financial vulnerabilities.

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