Politics and Economics

On ABC Radio National’s LNL, discussing my ANOTHER NOW with Phillip Adams

In a new book, entitled ANOTHER NOW: Dispatches from an alternative present (London: The Bodley Head), Yanis Varoufakis gives us a glimpse of what a truly democratised world might look like, and how we might get there. Duration: 33min 47sec, Broadcast: Thu 15 Oct 2020, 10:20pm. ABC website  See also: ANOTHER NOW: An intimate introduction (video […]

Παρεμβάσεις στο debate του BBC1 Question Time περί Πανδημίας, Λιτότητας, Στήριξης Τεχνών & Πολιτών, Τραμπ – 8 OKT 2020

Η βδομαδιάτικη εκπομπή του BBC1 με τίτλο Question Time, είναι η πιο δημοφιλής πολιτική εκπομπή στη Βρετανία. Κάθε Πέμπτη βράδυ διασταυρώνουν τα ξίφη τους εκπρόσωποι των δύο μεγάλων κομμάτων μπροστά σε ζωνταντό κοινό. Στις 8 Οκτωβρίου συμμετείχα σε αυτό με τις ακόλουθες παρεμβάσεις: [Το πιο πάνω βίντεο αφορά μόνο τις δικές μου παρεμβάσεις, με ελληνικούς […]

How progressives could still win the 21st century – The Correspondent

Our era will be remembered for the triumphant march of authoritarianism in whose wake the vast majority of humanity have experienced unnecessary hardship and the planet’s ecosystem has suffered avoidable climate destruction. For a brief period – a period the British historian Eric Hobsbawm described as “the short 20th century”  – establishment forces  were united in dealing with challenges […]

Diary entries on Brexit, defending refugees & writing postcapitalist fiction – THE NEWSTATESMAN

Reading the newspapers last Monday, I was reminded that negotiations with Brussels are always an occasion for second-rate theatre. Ultimatums are usually issued by EU negotiators facing UK governments that talk enthusiastically of red lines and sovereignty. But now, if the Telegraph is to be believed, it is Boris Johnson who has given the EU […]

LOWY INSTITUDE: Interviewed by Alexandre Dayanton on EUROPE & THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM

In this episode of COVIDcast, Lowy Institute Research Fellow Alexandre Dayant sat down with Professor Yanis Varoufakis to discuss Europe and the future of capitalism. Yanis is currently a member of the Hellenic Parliament and served as Greece’s minister of finance during the government debt crisis. ALEXANDRE DAYANT COVIDcast is a Lowy Institute pop-up podcast […]

Does the world need new international institutions? Doha Debates with Yanis Varoufakis, Leymah Gbowee & Ece Temelkuran

Racial injustice. Climate change. Gender inequality. A global pandemic. #DearWorld, Can our global institutions meet the challenges we’re all facing — or is it time for a new system? Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee, author Ece Temelkuran and economist Yanis Varoufakis debate the future of global cooperation:

Capitalism under the pandemic, Brexit, US-China, the Eurozone & Austerity: Oxford Political Review interview

OPR Editor-in-Chief Brian Wong and Managing Editor Nicholas Leah speak with Professor Yanis Varoufakis – a former Minister of Finance in the Greek Government, a leading economist and philosopher, Member of Parliament in Greece, and the author of several high-acclaimed books. They discuss COVID-19, Brexit, the Eurozone, Austerity, Greek/European politics and Professor Varoufakis’s new book. The interview was originally live streamed on the OPR’s Facebook page. About OPR: The Oxford Political Review is an Oxford-based publication with a global reach.