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Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis

Writing for PS since 2015
103 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. New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions
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    New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions

    Jun 2, 2023 Yanis Varoufakis shows how an AI-driven biomedical breakthrough could rob workers of what little power they have left.

  2. Who’s Afraid of Central Bank Digital Currencies?
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    Who’s Afraid of Central Bank Digital Currencies?

    May 15, 2023 Yanis Varoufakis shows how CBDCs would stop the financial industry from holding societies hostage.

  3. The Strange Death of the Liberal Individual
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    The Strange Death of the Liberal Individual

    Apr 24, 2023 Yanis Varoufakis argues that in today's online society, the curation of personal identity has become inseparable from work.

  4. Let the Banks Burn
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    Let the Banks Burn

    Mar 24, 2023 Yanis Varoufakis shows why the current private system is unfixable – and why we don’t need to tolerate it anymore.

  5. Will China Dump Its Dark Deal with America?
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    Will China Dump Its Dark Deal with America?

    Feb 13, 2023 Yanis Varoufakis thinks the new cold war with the US could take away a decades-long pillar of the dollar’s global primacy.

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    Revisiting the Behavioral Revolution in Economics

    Antara Haldar assesses the legacy of the intellectual challenge to the view that rational self-interest guides our actions.
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    New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions

    Yanis Varoufakis shows how an AI-driven biomedical breakthrough could rob workers of what little power they have left.
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    Globalization’s Warring Narratives

    Harold James examines the analytical disagreements that are hampering management of an unavoidable phenomenon.
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    The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative

    Piroska Nagy Mohácsi

    In a rapidly digitalizing world, central banks are staring down a future in which they may lack the tools necessary to manage crises, and in which they may no longer be able to protect their monetary sovereignty. They should recognize that digital currency is a source of institutional salvation.

    thinks governments must embrace central bank digital currencies or risk a fundamental loss of control.
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    Europe’s Climate Quandary

    Jean Pisani-Ferry assesses the inevitable trade-offs the European Union must confront in achieving its clean-energy targets.
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    Governing the Unknown

    Kaushik Basu suggests a few principles to guide policymakers as they try to keep up with rapidly advancing technologies.
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    Fast-Tracking a Lassa Fever Vaccine

    Oyeronke Oyebanji outlines what West African governments can learn from the development and distribution of the COVID-19 jab.
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    Climate Science Beats Climate Fatalism

    Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, et al. show that the more ambitious 1.5º target for global warming is still feasible – and more necessary than ever.
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    Turkey’s Pragmatic Islamist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami expects Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest electoral victory to have little impact on Turkish foreign policy.

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