Essays
Professorship Honoris Causa, International University College of Torino – report in La Stampa
, 19/03/2016
Folla all’università di Torino per la lectio magistralis dell’ex ministro che racconta i duelli con Schäuble: «Gli dissi che le sue idee erano ottime per il Partito comunista cinese» SEPPE SALVAGGIULO, TORINO – Click here for La Stampa’s website or…
Lies, Damn Lies, and European Growth Statistics
, 15/03/2016
ATHENS – “Greece has at last returned to economic growth.” That was the official European Union storyline at the end of 2014. Alas, Greek voters, unimpressed by this rejoicing, ousted the incumbent government and, in January 2015, voted for a new administration in which I served as finance minister. Last week, similarly celebratory reports emanated […]
Lectio Magistralis: DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE – The Political Economics of an Epic Struggle. March 17, Torino, Italy
, 14/03/2016
PROFESSORSHIP HONORIS CAUSA & Lectio Magistralis YANIS VAROUFAKIS has been appointed Professor Honoris Causa by the International University College di Torino. His Lectio Magistralis DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE, The Political Economics of an Epic Struggle will take place on Thursday March 17, at 2:30 pm, in the Aula Magna at the Campus Einaudi of the Università di Torino, Lungo Dora Siena 100. The IUC […]
Salmond’s ‘big mistake’ – in The Sunday Times
, 14/03/2016
The former Greek minister says that the stance on sterling was a serious strategic error in the fight for independence, writes Michael Glackin. Click here.
Second Scottish independence referendum would be justifiable following Brexit – in The HeraldScotland
, 14/03/2016
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Real vs Money Incomes – the one thing we need to understand during deflationary times (with an illustration from Greece and Cyprus)
, 13/03/2016
In inflationary times, real income growth is always good news. However, in deflationary times, real income growth may well reflect a deepening recession (or even a depression). This is important to know lest deepening recession is presented as… economic recovery (as has been the EU’s wont in recent times). How can real income growth reflect […]
Guardian Live | Europe, austerity and the threat to global stability with Yanis Varoufakis, Caroline Lucas & Tariq Ali
, 08/03/2016
Thursday 7 April 2016, 7pm–8.30pm, Emmanuel Centre, London, SW1P 3DW Has the EU lost sight of its original purpose? Critics argue that agreements such as TTIP illustrate just how undemocratic the EU has become. Are weaker nations paying the debt of a financial crash which they did not cause? Has the EU been reduced to a […]
Is the finance sector fit for purpose? Public Lecture, in London (30/3), with John McDonnell MP & Anastasia Nesvetailova
, 08/03/2016
This public lecture, convened and to be chaired by John McDonnell MP Shadow Chancellor, is aimed at informing the conversation about the finance sector. The event is part of a series of public events to widen the debate around economics in Britain and will offer the opportunity to hear from and put questions to the speakers on a […]
DiEM Statement Condemning European Summit’s Preliminary Accord to Expel Refugees to Turkey
, 08/03/2016
DIEM25, the Democracy in Europe Movement, strongly condemns the preliminary agreement reached during last night’s European Union Summit, according to which thousands of Syrian refugees will be returned to Turkey. DiEM25 finds this agreement shameful and contrary to international laws and treaties, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (Art. 19, “Collective expulsions are prohibited”) and […]
Europe and the Spectre of Democracy – interviewed by Michel Feher (Part 1)
, 08/03/2016
In early January 2016, Michel Feher interviewed me in Paris in advance of our announcement of DiEM25. Click here for Part 1 or here for the Zone Books – Near Futures website, to watch the complete video and/or read the transcript.
In conversation with Mark Blyth: Greece, Austerity, Brexit and Europe's other darlings
, 07/03/2016
GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS FORUM, 2-3 March 2016
On CNBC: The Refugee Crisis, Europe & Mr Osborne’s own goals
, 03/03/2016
Following are excerpts from a CNBC interview with Geoff Cutmore and Hadley Gamble, and Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek Finance Minister.
MY ‘ADVICE’ TO JEREMY CORBYN… AND GEORGE OSBORNE
, 03/03/2016
BY YANIS VAROUFAKIS ON 3/2/16 AT 7:00 PM Britain’s Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell sits with Yanis Varoufakis in London, November 21, 2015. Varoufakis is engaging with Corbyn’s Labour and other U.K. parties.REUTERS/NEIL HALL Much was made recently of the U.K.opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn’s statementthat I was helping his team “in some capacity.” George Osborne, for […]
The Irish have rejected 'dead-end', troika-inspired policies – comment in The IRISH TIMES
, 27/02/2016
Old Regime is Dead. But the New Regime is Struggling to Be Born Click here for the Irish Times site. By Damian Mac Con Uladh Ireland has rejected the policies of Fine Gael Minister for Finance. Ireland has rejected Fine Gael and Labour’s “dead-end policies” and Michael Noonan’s “cynical” pledge to renegotiate cuts to Ireland’s banking […]
Democracy or Bust in Europe -Project Syndicate Op-Ed
, 24/02/2016
BERLIN – “Europe will be democratized or it will disintegrate!” That maxim is more than a catchphrase from the manifesto of the Democracy in Europe Movement – DiEM25, the group I just helped to launch in Berlin. It is a simple, if under-acknowledged fact. Read more at my Project Syndicate page
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Economics: With Ann Pettifor – Tuesday 23/2, London
, 18/02/2016
How did we get here? And how can we get out of this mess? Hitch a ride with us through the topsy-turvy world of contemporary economics – no prior knowledge required! Yanis Varoufakis (Former Greek Finance Minister), Ann Pettifor (Director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics), Mufti Abdur Rahman Mangera (Former Imam, Casenove Road Mosque, Hackney and Director of Zamzam […]
On Trump and Europe -Business Insider
, 16/02/2016
Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/Jean-Paul Pelissier/Business InsiderDonald Trump, left, and former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.
Bernie Sanders’ backers aren’t voting for socialism
, 16/02/2016
WRITTEN BY Tim Fernholz The last socialist to freak out the establishment with a radical plan, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, said Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is earning votes for his common sense, not his political theory, in a recent Quora post:
Q&A Quora Session: DiEM, Europe, Sanders, Trump and more…
, 16/02/2016
Click here for my Quora session
Varoufakis tells Irish people to ‘send Michael Noonan packing’ – The Irish Times
, 14/02/2016
Former Greek finance minister accuses government of pandering to oligarchs about 4 hours ago Ronan McGreevy (For the Irish Times site, please click here) At a Right2Change meeting in Dublin’s Mansion House, the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis accused the Irish government of pandering to oligarchs. Video: Ronan McGreevy Ireland faces a “stark choice” at […]
Sanders' victory from DiEM's perspective – on Channel 4 News
, 11/02/2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKqySLaxK4UThe crucial Third Option: DiEM’s raison d’ etre – Op-ed in The Guardian
, 05/02/2016
Click here for the Guardian site. Or…