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You are one of several theorists, along with Cédric Durand, Jodi Dean, Mariana Mazzucato and others, who have speculated that the hegemony…
Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis Varoufakis born 24 March 1961 is a Greek economist, politician, and co-founder of DiEM25. A former academic, he served as the Greek Minister of Finance from January to July 2015. Since 2019, he is again a Member of Greek Parliament and MeRA25 leader. He is the author of several books including, Another Now (2020).
Varoufakis is also a professor of Economics – University of Athens, Honorary Professor of Political Economy – University of Sydney, Honoris Causa Professor of Law, Economics and Finance – University of Torino, and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Political Economy, Kings College, University of London.
Yanis Varoufakis with a passionate speech about Julian Assange’s release and a scathing criticism of those who sought to keep him behind…
Confident elites reflect viable regimes. Today, elites on both sides of the Atlantic are anything but confident. For the past year, they…
This conversation is hosted by DiEM25’s Federico Dolce, featuring Yanis Varoufakis and Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied…
Three weeks ago, I was banned from entering Germany. When I asked the German authorities who decided this, when, and under what rationale, I…
As Germany intensifies its crackdown on pro-Palestinian voices, we speak with Greek economist and politician Yanis Varoufakis, one of the planned speakers…
Friends, Congratulations, and heartfelt thanks, for being here, despite the threats, despite the ironclad police outside this venue, despite the panoply of…
Yanis Varoufakis’s new film series explains how elites used the financial crisis to terrorize Europe’s populations into submission. “Debt is to capitalism…
Yanis Varoufakis is an economist and author who served as Greek Finance Minister in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crash.…
Manos, a sixth-generation farmer from Thessaly, put it to me bluntly when I asked him to explain why he was prepared to…