Addressing the striking staff of London’s National Gallery – 14th SEP 2015
Filed under: European Crisis, Politics and Economics, Post-MinFin missives
European Crisis
On Corbyn, Greece and the UN – Interviewed for RT-tv’s UNDERGROUND
Filed under: European Crisis, Greek Crisis, Politics and Economics, Post-MinFin missives
Interview in Corriere Della Sera – 16 SEP 2015
L’ex ministro greco delle Finanze: «Presto ci sarà il lancio ufficiale e una sinistra pan europea capace di offrire una politica alternativa all’austerità» For the Italian version as published in CDS, click here. But beware: The Italian text there is … Continue reading →
Britain, Greece & the Struggle for a Decent Future – Emmanuel Centre, London, 14th September 2015
Jump to 1:04:50 for my address Filed under: Banking Crisis, European Crisis, Greek Crisis, Post-MinFin missives
On German Moral Leadership – English version of op-ed in Sunday’s FAZ
For the published version in Sunday’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung click here. For my original English text read on… For the hell of it! Immanuel Kant and Germany’s moral leadership Economists err when they think that human rationality is all about … Continue reading →
With Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbot in London – Monday 14th September
Filed under: European Crisis, Politics and Economics, Post-MinFin missives
There is an alternative to austerity – Brighton, Sunday 13/9, organised by PCS
Former Greece finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is one of four powerful speakers against austerity at a PCS public meeting in Brighton on 13 September. Renowned economist Varoufakis is likely to be a popular draw at our TUC Congress fringe meeting … Continue reading →
Fassina, Lafontaine, Melenchon, Varoufakis – this Saturday in Paris
Filed under: European Crisis, Post-MinFin missives
Interviewed, for DW’s Conflict Zone, by Tim Sebastian
Click on the picture above to watch the interviewFiled under: European Crisis, Greek Crisis, Post-MinFin missives
European countries must support the United Nations’ proposals for sovereign debt restructuring! – Open letter to the UN by 19 economists
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 … Continue reading →