Yanis Varoufakis
Global Economist & Political Reformer | Bestselling Author of 'Adults in the Room'
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When Europe's financial crisis threatened to unravel Greece's economy, Yanis Varoufakis became the unexpected global voice challenging international financial orthodoxy. As Greece's controversial Finance Minister in 2015, he negotiated high-stakes economic reforms that captured worldwide attention.
An academic economist with deep scholarly credentials, Varoufakis founded MeRA25, a progressive political movement advocating for democratic transformation in Europe. His provocative critiques of global capitalism and institutional power structures offer audiences profound insights into economic policy, political resistance, and systemic change.
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Capitalism will eat democracy -- unless we speak up
Have you wondered why politicians aren't what they used to be, why governments seem unable to solve real problems? Economist Yanis Varoufakis, the former Minister of Finance for Greece, says that it's because you can be in politics today but not be in power -- because real power now belongs to those who control the economy. He believes that the mega-rich and corporations are cannibalizing the political sphere, causing financial crisis. In this talk, hear his dream for a world in which capital and labor no longer struggle against each other, "one that is simultaneously libertarian, Marxist and Keynesian."
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