Click here for the Newsweek site. Or… Last July, Mariano Rajoy, Spain’s conservative prime minister, exited a 17-hour-long European Council meeting dedicated to Greece, wielding in front of the cameras the surrender document that his Greek counterpart, Alexis Tsipras, had … Continue reading →
Filed under: And the Weak Suffer What They Must? - the book, DiEM, European Crisis, Greek Crisis, Politics and Economics
On 5th May 2016, DiEm25 went to Vienna, the scene where the scandalous decisions regarding border closures motivated by a ‘moral panic’ over the refugees, were taken. The people of Vienna embraced our event with splendid warmth, generosity and enthusiasm. You … Continue reading →
How Greece was turned into a permanent debt-deflationary trap through unsustainable extend-and-pretend bailout loans. And how difficult it was to negotiate with creditors who do not really care about getting their money back. CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE OR CLICK … Continue reading →
This talk on the future of capitalism and democracy was delivered on 26th April 2016Filed under: And the Weak Suffer What They Must? - the book, DiEM, European Crisis, Politics and Economics
On 26th April 2015, I had the immense privilege of appearing at the New York Public Library with Noam Chomsky. Amongst other topics, we discussed Bernie Sanders, Greece, Europe, capitalism, the state of economic doctrine and, of course, DiEM25, the … Continue reading →
The European Union is a house of cards threatening regional stability and global prosperity, argues Yanis Varoufakis. The flawed architecture of the EU’s institutions, which struggled to develop an effective or coordinated response to the Eurozone crisis, has never been … Continue reading →
Click here or on the image above to listen to the interview.Filed under: And the Weak Suffer What They Must? - the book, DiEM, European Crisis, Greek Crisis
On 25th April 2015 I had the pleasure to engage in an open discussion with Paul Sheard, Chief Economist with Standard and Poor’s, at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York. Watch the video of our discussion and/or read … Continue reading →
On 22nd April I had the pleasure of addressing Google staff on money, money’s digital future but also on the dangerous fantasy of apolitical money.Filed under: And the Weak Suffer What They Must? - the book, DiEM, Digital Economies/Money, European … Continue reading →
