Yanis Varoufakis

Writing for PS since 2015
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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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Greta Thunberg, Donald Trump, and the Future of Capitalism
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Greta Thunberg, Donald Trump, and the Future of Capitalism

Jan 29, 2020 Yanis Varoufakis calls the Trump administration's denial of climate change the only authentic defense of contemporary capitalism.

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Imagining a World Without Capitalism
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Imagining a World Without Capitalism

Dec 27, 2019 Yanis Varoufakis suggests, just before the New Year, the possibilities of a truly liberal, technologically advanced society.

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The Limits of Lagarde
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The Limits of Lagarde

Nov 28, 2019 Yanis Varoufakis says the ECB's new president is taking the helm of the developed world's least independent central bank.

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The IMF Should Take Over Libra
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The IMF Should Take Over Libra

Oct 18, 2019 Yanis Varoufakis argues that, as Facebook's planned cryptocurrency unravels, it should be pressed into public service.

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New Weapons for the ECB
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New Weapons for the ECB

Sep 24, 2019 Yanis Varoufakis thinks convergence bonds would satisfy four crucial tests that any new monetary-policy tool should pass.

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China is the Real Deal

China is the Real Deal

Oct 27, 2017 Yanis Varoufakis says that China is a serious long-term investor.

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Yanis Varoufakis on a New Deal to Save the EU

Yanis Varoufakis on a New Deal to Save the EU

Oct 3, 2017 Yanis Varoufakis speaks with PS editors about his proposal to save the EU.

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Yanis Varoufakis on Negotiating with the EU

Yanis Varoufakis on Negotiating with the EU

Sep 28, 2017 Yanis Varoufakis discusses how to negotiate with the EU and his proposal to introduce fiscal money.

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Yanis Varoufakis on China

Yanis Varoufakis on China

Sep 20, 2017 Yanis Varoufakis discusses China and European Politics with Anatole Kaletsky.

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Riding in Cabs with: Yanis Varoufakis

Riding in Cabs with: Yanis Varoufakis

Sep 11, 2017 Yanis Varoufakis joins Anatole Kaletsky to discuss Theresa May’s limitations in negotiating Brexit with the EU.

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The White Swans of 2020

Nouriel Roubini

Financial markets remain blissfully in denial of the many predictable global crises that could come to a head this year, particularly in the months before the US presidential election. In addition to the increasingly obvious risks associated with climate change, at least four countries want to destabilize the US from within.

Pariah India

Shashi Tharoor

For three decades, India's self-branding as the world’s fastest-growing free-market democracy worked, with world leaders queuing up to visit New Delhi and burdening a generation of diplomatic protocol officers. But in a matter of months, it has all begun to fall apart.

Social Democracy Beats Democratic Socialism

Daron Acemoglu

Now that US Senator Bernie Sanders has emerged as a leading contender for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, his brand of democratic socialism warrants closer scrutiny. Simply put, it is neither a close approximation of the "Nordic model" that Sanders often invokes nor a solution to what ails the American economy.