Adults in the Room

5 Ιουλίου 2023. 8 χρόνια από το Δημοψήφισμα. 2 εβδομάδες από τις κοινοβουλευτικές εκλογές που τιμώρησαν συνολικά την Αριστερά κι έβαλαν την εκλογική ταφόπλακα στην Ελληνική Άνοιξη και στο ΟΧΙ που εκείνη γέννησε την 5η Ιουλίου του 2015. Η σημερινή επέτειος, που βρίσκει θριαμβευτές τους ορκισμένους αντίπαλους του ΟΧΙ, είναι η στιγμή να απαντήσουμε, εμείς […]

Όπως φαντάζεστε, αυτές τις μέρες δέχομαι συνεχείς προσκλήσεις να σχολιάσω την παραίτηση του Αλέξη Τσίπρα. Πέραν μιας σύντομης ανάρτησης δεν έχω να προσθέσω κάτι. Ίσως όμως βοηθήσει τον δημόσιο διάλογο, ιδίως εντός της Αριστεράς, η αναπαραγωγή ενός κειμένου στο οποίο είχα πασχίσει να καταγράψω, χωρίς κανένα πάθος ή φόβο, όσα κατανόησα για τον άνθρωπο. [Ακολουθεί […]

Travelling around Greece in December 2012, we often reached a museum in the early afternoon only to find it closed. The museum was working only in the mornings, we were told. In breathtakingly beautiful Delphi, an irate security guard screamed at my daughter who wanted to buy the tickets to the museum. He was pointing […]

During 2015’s first half, as Greece’s finance minister, I participated in thirteen crucial Eurogroup meetings – before the SYRIZA government (disrespecting the referendum result of 5th July) capitulated. The result of that capitulation was my immediate resignation and a permanent austerity program (until… 2060). 

Costa Gavras adapta al cine su libro autobiográfico en la película ‘Comportarse como adultos’ que se estrena el viernes.

Yanis Varoufakis es el autor del libro en el que se basa la última película de Costa-Gavras. SANTI COGOLLUDO

In 2018, the good people behind the Edinburgh Festival kindly invited me to host a series of discussions under the title KILLING DEMOCRACY? My remit was: Further to explore the question of whether the current form of financialised capitalism is devouring democracy, reflecting on my work with the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25). In a series of four events I tried to explore the ways in which the demos can be put back into our democracies.

As the Brexit negotiations near crunch point, Theresa May is still battling to keep her party on side as she edges closer to a deal with Brussels. But is it possible to take on the EU in negotiations and win? One man who staked his political career on trying just that was the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.

Joe speaks with former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, the man who defied Europe to save Greece – and failed. Yanis, the suave economics professor turned unexpected politician, has recently announced he will run for Prime Minister of Greece at the next national elections. He is the author of multiple books including And The Weak Suffer What They Must?, Adults in the Room, and Talking to My Daughter About the Economy.
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Yanis Varoufakis, ancien ministre des Finances grec, auteur de Et les faibles subissent ce qu’ils doivent ? : comment l’Europe de l’austérité menace la stabilité du monde, chez Actes Sud.

L’ancien ministre des finances grec Yanis Varoufakis lors de la manifestation internationale du 1er mai 2018 à Athènes. •Crédits : GIORGOS GEORGIOU / NURPHOTO – AFP

How do we choose between what is fair and just, and what our debtors demand of us? Yanis Varoufakis was put in such a dilemma in 2015 when he became the finance minister of Greece. In this rousing book, he charts the absurdities that underpin calls for austerity, as well as his own battles with a bureaucracy bent on ignoring the human cost of its every action. Passionately outspoken and tuned to the voices of the oppressed, Varoufakis presents a guide to modern economics, and its threat to democracy, like no other.