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Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis

Writing for PS since 2015
121 commentaries
5 videos & podcasts

Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, is leader of the MERA25 party and Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. 

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  1. America’s Trade Deficit Is Not Afraid of Donald Trump
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    America’s Trade Deficit Is Not Afraid of Donald Trump

    Dec 2, 2024 Yanis Varoufakis shows why the incoming US administration can’t eliminate the negative balance – and wouldn’t even if it could.

  2. The Spirit of Brexit Has Infected the EU
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    The Spirit of Brexit Has Infected the EU

    Oct 31, 2024 Yanis Varoufakis asks why European leaders today sound like the British leaders they wanted to punish just a few years ago.

  3. Draghi’s Report Confirms Europe’s Irreversible Decline
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    Draghi’s Report Confirms Europe’s Irreversible Decline

    Sep 23, 2024 Yanis Varoufakis explains why a much-anticipated report on the future of the European Union will be praised and then ignored.

  4. The Road from Fascism
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    The Road from Fascism

    Aug 19, 2024 Yanis Varoufakis highlights four lessons from the recent anti-immigrant riots in the United Kingdom.

  5. Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Jul 26, 2024 Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.

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    The Key to Africa’s Vaccine Sovereignty

    Nana Akufo-Addo urges donor governments to build on successful efforts to boost immunization across the continent.
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    For Developing Economies, the Finance Landscape Has Become a Wasteland

    Indermit Gill shows that current conditions give the world's poorest countries no chance to achieve sustained growth.
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    How Not to React to Donald Trump

    Andrés Velasco calls for more serious thinking by progressives and fewer knee-jerk calls to “abandon neoliberalism.”
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    The Fall and Rise of American Democracy

    Daron Acemoglu

    Over time, as American democracy has increasingly fallen short of delivering on its core promises, the Democratic Party has contributed to the problem by catering to a narrow, privileged elite. To restore its own prospects and America’s signature form of governance, it must return to its working-class roots.

    is not surprised that so many voters ignored warnings about the threat Donald Trump poses to US institutions.
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    Enrique Krauze on Baruch Spinoza, the US election, Mexican democracy, and more

    Enrique Krauze considers the responsibility of the state to guarantee freedom, heralds the demise of Mexico’s democracy, highlights flaws in higher-education systems, and more.
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    Does a Savage War of Partition Await Ukraine?

    Nina L. Khrushcheva traces the grim history of territorial divisions like the one that Donald Trump seems to be envisioning.
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    America’s Trade Deficit Is Not Afraid of Donald Trump

    Yanis Varoufakis shows why the incoming US administration can’t eliminate the negative balance – and wouldn’t even if it could.
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    Trump’s Middle East Challenge

    Daoud Kuttab highlights the changes in the region that will complicate the US president-elect's peacemaking efforts.
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    Last Chance for the SDGs?

    Kevin Watkins thinks the fate of the 2030 targets hinges on the next International Development Association replenishment.

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