Posts By: Yanis Varoufakis
Austerity ruined Europe, and now it’s back
Opinion21.07.2023
Europe is responding to the US investment boom with a return to the austerity policies that caused it to fall behind the US in the first place
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Why the EU has out-Trumped Trump
Opinion18.07.2023
Europe has proved far more adept at building walls than the former US president was
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Our defeat in context: Greece’s Erdogan-isation is almost complete
Opinion22.05.2023
MeRA25 seems to have suffered because we tried to inspire our base with hard-hitting truths rather than soothing false narratives
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Who’s afraid of Central Bank Digital Currencies?
Opinion15.05.2023
Once upon a time, the greed of tobacco companies was channeled through libertarian outrage over the restriction of smokers’ freedom to choose ...
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The strange death of the liberal individual
Opinion24.04.2023
Only a comprehensive reconfiguration of property rights can rescue the foundational liberal idea of liberty as self-ownership
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Let the banks burn
Opinion30.03.2023
The banking system we take for granted is unfixable. The good news is that we no longer need to rely on any banks, at least not the way we have so far
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Yanis Varoufakis: Israelis are not good material for making slaves. But nor are Palestinians
Opinion20.03.2023
The right to resist enslavement is not exclusive to any people
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Why did the Silicon Valley Bank go bankrupt and trigger a banking crisis? Are we back to 2008?
Opinion16.03.2023
Every systemic banking crisis has a trigger that sets it off. In the case of SVB, the reason for its bankruptcy is twofold
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