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Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis

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Christine Lagarde’s Gifts to Populists

ATHENS – Christine Lagarde’s three blunders as president of the European Central Bank did not cause the revival of right-wing populism across...

27.09.2023 40

Project Syndicate

Yanis Varoufakis

Europe’s Fading Democracy

ATHENS – The quiet days of August are a good time to contemplate the year ahead. Peering at my 2024 calendar, the European Parliament elections loom...

21.08.2023 40

Project Syndicate

Yanis Varoufakis

Austerity Ruined Europe, and Now It’s Back

ATHENS – In 2008 Europeans earned, in aggregate, 10% more than Americans. By 2022, Americans were earning 26% more than Europeans. This week, the...

19.07.2023 20

Project Syndicate

Yanis Varoufakis

New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions

ATHENS – Last week brought a rare good-news story: artificial intelligence enabled researchers to develop an antibiotic capable of killing an exotic...

02.06.2023 10

Project Syndicate

Yanis Varoufakis

Who’s Afraid of Central Bank Digital Currencies?

ATHENS – When First Republic Bank failed, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation organized a shotgun sale of its assets to JPMorgan Chase. That...

15.05.2023 10

Project Syndicate

Yanis Varoufakis

The Strange Death of the Liberal Individual

ATHENS – My father was the epitome of the liberal individual, a splendid irony for a lifelong Marxist. To make a living, he had to lease his labor...

24.04.2023 30

Project Syndicate

Yanis Varoufakis

Let the Banks Burn

ATHENS – The banking crisis this time is different. In fact, it is worse than in 2007-08. Back then, we could blame banks’ sequential collapse on...

24.03.2023 80

Project Syndicate

Yanis Varoufakis

Will China Dump Its Dark Deal with America?

ATHENS – True hegemons prevail not by force but by offering hard-to-resist Faustian bargains. A prime example is the “Dark Deal,” which...

13.02.2023 20

Project Syndicate

Yanis Varoufakis

Is Europe Deindustrializing?

23.01.2023 40

Project Syndicate

Yanis Varoufakis

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