Politics and Economics
Our nations and the EU – in conversation with Lord Howard of Lympne 25 OCT 2015
, 24/10/2015
On our nations and the EU With Yanis Varoufakis and Michael Howard, Lord Howard of Lympne. Sunday Morning Live (12.15pm), The Tabernacle, 35 Powis Square, off Portobello Road London W11 2AY
This Friday, in London: Toward a New Politics for Europe – with Paul Mason
, 19/10/2015
Ever since the financial crash, the left has struggled to articulate a future for Europe that takes into account the needs of all its citizens. But this year, two anti-austerity movements with very different styles shot to prominence and to popularity - Syriza in Greece and Podemos in Spain. The UK is witnessing the surge [...]Democratising Europe and Academic Freedom – University of Coimbra, 17th October 2015
, 19/10/2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQNN9U65-HI&feature=youtu.beBarcelona 15th October 2015 – in conversation with Monica Terribas
, 17/10/2015
FOREX NEWS kindly took notes of the main points of my conversation with Monica Terribas at the El Born Cultural Centre in Barcelona. I used their notes as a template for notes that I superimposed – see below. To watch the video of the discussion, click here.
Ada Colau meets Yanis Varoufakis to proclaim that "another Europe is possible"
, 15/10/2015
EUROPA PRESS Barcelona Mayor met Wednesday with former Minister Greek Finance to discuss democracy in Europe. Τhe meeting was attended by First Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, Gerardo Pisarello and Varoufakis’ wife, artist Danae Stratou.
Discussing European Democracy in Barcelona – 15th October 2015, 19.00
, 12/10/2015
At Barcelona’s Born Cultural Centre. at the invitation of Mayor Ada Colau, ion conversation with Monica Terribas. Live streaming here.
Démocratiser l’euro! – L'OBS, 8 October 2015
, 08/10/2015
Click here or on the adjacent icon for a pdf of my interview with L’OBS
What to do about Europe? – At the Volksbühne Theatre, Berlin, 6th October 2015
, 08/10/2015
At the legendary Volksbühne Berlin theatre in discussion with Franco „Bifo“ Berardi, Srećko Horvat and Guillaume Paoli
Artists should be feared by the powerful – Keynote closing the 6th Moscow Biennale, 1st October 2015 (audio)
, 04/10/2015
Click above for an audio of my Moscow talk – which RT-tv was broadcasting live until I began to criticise the Putin government…
Entretien exclusif – YANIS VAROUFAKIS sur ECORAMA
, 01/10/2015
Yanis Varoufakis était l’invité de Boursorama mercredi 30 septembre dans l’émission Ecoramaanimée par David Jacquot. L’ancien ministre des Finances grec est revenu sur les coulisses des négociations de cet été, tout en livrant ses opinions sur l’économie française.
Europe revisited – 2hr interview on Mediapart, 25 SEP 2015
, 30/09/2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRH39j3Kmh0#action=share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-B6PoHgqZUBBC One's Question Time, 24th September 2015 – full program
, 24/09/2015
Yanis Varoufakis, Conservative former Chancellor Ken Clarke, Shadow Leader of the House Chris Bryant (Labour), UKIP’s Suzanne Evans and columnist/commentator Julia Hartley Brewer. See here for a review of the program by The Guardian.
POLITICO: Interview
, 23/09/2015
VAROUFAKIS TOLD YOU SO By DAVID PATRIKARAKOS ATHENS — Yanis Varoufakis lives in understated elegance. His apartment is spacious and pleasing to the eye. Shelves bulge with books on politics and economics, unsurprising for a university professor who was, until July, Greece’s finance minister. TO READ THE INTERVIEW ON POLITICO’s SITE, CLICK HERE. Or…
Paul Krugman on Greece's 3rd MoU: An agreement designed to fail
, 19/09/2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=11&v=aZY-5wp_6IQAddressing the striking staff of London's National Gallery – 14th SEP 2015
, 19/09/2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY_-Z0HQxYUBack-to-back speeches by Yanis Varoufakis & John McDonnell (audio)
, 16/09/2015
This audio was recorded (apologies for the iffy quality) at the PCS fringe meeting at this year’s TUC Conference in Brighton – Saturday 12th September 2015. A few hours later it was announced that John McDonnell was selected, by Jeremy Corbin, as Shadow Chancellor
On Corbyn, Greece and the UN – Interviewed for RT-tv's UNDERGROUND
, 16/09/2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=_giZbaZPm94On German Moral Leadership – English version of op-ed in Sunday's FAZ
, 14/09/2015
For the published version in Sunday’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung click here. For my original English text read on…
There is an alternative to austerity – Brighton, Sunday 13/9, organised by PCS
, 11/09/2015
Former Greece finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is one of four powerful speakers against austerity at a PCS public meeting in Brighton on 13 September.
European countries must support the United Nations’ proposals for sovereign debt restructuring! – Open letter to the UN by 19 economists
, 08/09/2015
On September 10, the United Nations General Assembly will vote on nine principles concerning the restructuring of sovereign debts. Abiding by such principles would have avoided the pitfalls of the Greek crisis, in which political representatives gave in to creditor demands despite their lack of economic sense and their disastrous social impact. This public interest […]
Democratizing the Eurozone – a Project-Syndicate op-ed
, 02/09/2015
ATHENS – Like Macbeth, policymakers tend to commit new sins to cover up their old misdemeanors. And political systems prove their worth by how quickly they put an end to their officials’ serial, mutually reinforcing, policy mistakes. Judged by this standard, the eurozone, comprising 19 established democracies, lags behind the largest non-democratic economy in the […]
In THE CONVERSATION answering to leading academics
, 27/08/2015
Click here for website of THE CONVERSATION or…