In this video, Yanis Varoufakis explains the real reasons why the US dollar remains powerful and how America’s debt shapes the global…
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.
The people spoke. Unlike in 2019, when MeRA25 won nine seats in Greece’s Parliament, in Sunday’s election we failed to clear the 3% hurdle, thus, electing…
Over a decade since the start of Greece’s sovereign debt crisis, claims that the country has got “back on its feet” seem…
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Responding to worried questions raised by many about the ongoing banking crisis that started in the US with the bankruptcy of the…
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On Friday, January 27, 2023, DiEM25 co-founder and MERA25 leader Yanis Varoufakis gave a speech at the Havana Congress on the New…
Elon Musk had good reasons to feel unfulfilled enough to buy Twitter for $44 billion. He had pioneered online payments, upended the…
Final commentary for the first part of the debate “Ecological Catastrophe, Collapse, Democracy and Socialism” The following commentary was written by Marxist economist,…
