[Click here or the image above] Europe doesn’t always like to admit this but it needs the US. The US economy has an outsized effect on Europe’s, while Europe often needs the diplomatic and (sometimes) military heft of the US. … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
Yanis Varoufakis: The left never recovered from the fall of the Soviet Union — yet there is hope The left has been in disarray since 1991 – it never fully recovered from the collapse of the Soviet Union, despite widespread … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
Europe is disintegrating and this could come at great human cost, Greece’s fiery former finance minister warned on Tuesday. “The great fear is that the disintegration of the European Union — whatever you may think about the European Union — … Continue reading →
Yanis Varoufakis said George Osborne was trapped in a vicious cycle by Cristina Criddle 28 SEPTEMBER 2016 • 11:23AM Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s outspoken former finance minister, has said George Osborne will “go down in history as a particularly inept Chancellor.” Mr Varoufakis said that … Continue reading →
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 2016Filed under: DiEM, European Crisis
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 … Continue reading →
Filed under: And the Weak Suffer What They Must? - the book, DiEM, European Crisis
