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Transparent Budgeting at its best – the City of Barcelona is showing the way

, 02/10/2016

Imagine a city or state budget where citizens could see at a glance where every euro, pound or dollar went or came from, which services were paid for by their taxes or rates, the distribution of the tax burden across different regions etc. You don’t need to imagine it. The City of Barcelona has delivered […]

CERN Discovers New Particle Called The FERIR – Guest post by Steve Keen

, 01/10/2016

When humour becomes essential in understanding the farcical reality we live in, pieces like this are priceless.

Radical internationalism: What Europe & the Left need – The New Statesman

, 29/09/2016

Yanis Varoufakis: The left never recovered from the fall of the Soviet Union — yet there is hope

The Independent on my Brexit proposal: Trigger Article 50 and agree a 5yr Norway-like transition period

, 29/09/2016

Yanis Varoufakis has told the UK government to get a move on with triggering Article 50 to begin a “robust debate” on what a post-Brexit Britain could look like. In an interview with the BBC’s Today programme, the former Greek finance minister, said the discussion prior to the referendum was of “very low quality”, adding […]

Apple, Brussels, and Ireland’s Bruised Sovereignty – Project Syndicate op-ed

, 29/09/2016

  ATHENS – Despite their unequivocal Europeanism, the Irish have been serially mistreated by the European Union. When Irish voters rejected the Treaty of Lisbon in 2008, the EU forced them to vote again until they delivered the “right” outcome. A year later, when private Irish banks imploded, threatening their (mainly) German private creditors with […]

A broken-up Europe will breed monsters: Varoufakis on CNBC

, 29/09/2016

Europe is disintegrating and this could come at great human cost, Greece’s fiery former finance minister warned on Tuesday.

Yanis Varoufakis on George Osborne’s responsibility for Brexit – The Telegraph

, 29/09/2016

Yanis Varoufakis said George Osborne was trapped in a vicious cycle by Cristina Criddle 28 SEPTEMBER 2016 • 11:23AM

Discussing Brexit on BBC Radio 4, the Today program

, 29/09/2016

An interview on the Brexit paradox-cum-enigma and the future of the European Union – the interview was recorded in the context of the Institute of Directors conference on post-Brexit Britain, 27th September 2016

Distinguished Visiting Professors join Kings College, University of London

, 27/09/2016

Reposted from Kings College website Former Greek Finance Minister & Rolls Royce Chairman join King’s College Posted on 19/05/2016 Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former Finance Minister and Sir Simon Robertson, former Chairman of Rolls Royce are both joining King’s as distinguished Visiting Professors within the Department of Political Economy. Starting from 1 August they will both […]

The Cambridge Union’s 2016 London Debate – Friday 23/9

, 21/09/2016

Varoufakis’ speech last Michaelmas was thought to attract over a thousand students [The following is re-posted from the Cambridge Union’s The Tab] With the Autumn Statement of the new Government looming, the Cambridge Union takes over Inner Temple hall to question the dominance of austerity politics in the United Kingdom. Yanis Varoufakis, the ex-Greek Finance Minister, will be […]

A message for left wing comrades – Berlin, 17 September 2016

, 21/09/2016

 The above is an extract from a joint pre-election speech, for the Berlin state election, by Varoufakis and Kipping and Lederer at Astra Kulturhaus Berlin, Revaler Str. 99

On the need to face the facts about big business before democracy gets a chance – NYT Athens Democracy Forum Debate

, 16/09/2016

Paul Krugman, Ross LaJeunesse (Google), Yanis Varoufakis (DiEM25) and Yasheng Huang, economist, M.I.T.

My letter to supporters of Another Europe Is Possible

, 15/09/2016

In a letter addressed to supporters of Another Europe Is Possible, Yanis Varoufakis makes the case for the organisation to unite with the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025

Joining forces! In reply to Stefano Fassina

, 14/09/2016

Stefano Fassina points out that in my article ‘Europe’s Left After Brexit’ I did not discuss his preferred option for Eurozone member-states: Stay in the EU but leave the euro. Of course the reason my article did not discuss that position is that it was focusing on Brexit and addressing Lexiteers like Tariq Ali and […]

Speech at DiEM25’s pavilion, Fête de l’Humanité 2016

, 13/09/2016

“It is time for Europe’s humanists to reclaim Europe”   Last year, I came to La Fete with a message from Greece. The Athens Spring had just been crushed by the Troika because Europe’s Establishment was planning to bring the Troika to Paris. Since then, the Troika has come to Paris. Labour Laws have been passed […]

Stefano Fassina on my ‘Europe’s Left After Brexit’

, 13/09/2016

Stefano Fassina was kind enough to respond to my article entitled Europe’s Left After Brexit. His reply follows.

Democratising Europe – a transnational project? A debate with openDemocracy

, 13/09/2016

YANIS VAROUFAKIS, ROSEMARY BECHLER, ALEX SAKALIS, and ANTHONY BARNETT 13 September 2016 (Click here for the openDemocracy site) What role does national self-determination and ‘self-government’ play in European and human emancipation today? Yanis Varoufakis replies for DiEM25. Yanis Varoufakis has recently been engaged in debating this key question for our times with the left. (See more.) […]

Interview with the Berlin Policy Journal in 140 characters

, 08/09/2016

You left office about a year ago – any regrets?  None whatsoever. Once it was no longer possible to do good for Greece as minister, there was no reason to stay in office.

Europe’s Left after Brexit

, 08/09/2016

In reply to Tariq Ali, Stathis Kouvelakis, Vicente Navarro and Stefano Fassina on DiEM25’s plan for resisting within the European Union   Preface: This article (published in edited form in Jacobin, Neues Deutschland, Il Manifesto,  Mediapart and elsewhere) addresses left-wing critics of DiEM25 claiming that DiEM25 is pursuing the wrong objective (to democratise the EU) […]

Poetry in prose? Letter in the FT

, 04/09/2016

AUGUST 20, 2016 - From Vijay Kumar. Sir, One often hears that people on the left of the political spectrum tend to be more intelligent, more articulate, better read and generally more fun to be with. Sir, One often hears that people on the left of the political spectrum tend to be more intelligent, more [...]

KURIER: Österreichs Sozialdemokra­tie hat ihr Ende erreicht

, 04/09/2016

Der griechische Ex-Finanzminister sagt, der Geist Bruno Kreiskys sei verloren gegangen. 31.08.2016, 14:01 Der frühere griechische Finanzminister Gianis Varoufakis hat in Alpbach bei einem Pressegespräch auch zur österreichischen Innenpolitik Stellung genommen. Er kritisierte dabei die von den Sozialdemokraten übernommenen Inhalte rechter Politiker, wie die Errichtung neuer Grenzen. Damit sei das Ende der Sozialdemokratie, wie sie […]

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