English

Created
Tue, 28/04/2026 - 15:00

Resistance — Yanis Varoufakis with Helen Vatsikopoulos on the people who fought back against fascism Source: ABC Radio National Program: Big Ideas Published: Tue 28 Apr 2026 at 7:00am Play duration: 54 minutes 35 seconds Presented by: Natasha Mitchell Through the stories of five women across three generations of his family, the influential Greek economist, […]

The post Discussing Raise Your Soul with Helen Vatsikopoulos on ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

Created
Mon, 04/05/2026 - 01:00

A surprisingly agreeable and wholesome discussion with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart on their THE REST IS POLITICS podcast. I wish there were more opportunities for political adversaries to engage in discussions such as this one. In this episode we begin by discussing RAISE YOUR SOUL, my latest book on the five women who taught […]

The post On The Rest Is Politics, with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart: From the 2008 Crash to the Rise of Populism appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

Created
Tue, 05/05/2026 - 22:42

A new form of capital is ascending: cloud capital—networked algorithmic machines that grant their owners remarkable powers to modify our behaviour. And just as financiers needed neoliberalism, today’s tech lords need a new ideology to legitimise their rule. I call it techlordism. Yanis Varoufakis Tue 21 Apr 2026 22.00 AEST Society & Inequality _Photo: AAP […]

The post Palantir and the New Order: Neoliberalism is dead. Say hello to Techlordism – The Point appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

Created
Fri, 13/02/2026 - 22:15

Elon Musk’s $1.25 Trillion Mirage Yanis Varoufakis — Feb 13, 2026 More often than not, share prices are rigged, which is why they are a dreadful predictor of profitability even on average, and why they have become the primary instrument for transferring wealth upwards. The SpaceX-xAI merger tells much of this sorry tale. ATHENS – […]

The post Elon Musk’s $1.25 Trillion Mirage appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

Created
Thu, 12/02/2026 - 09:04

Can we escape AI slavery? Only the Left can tame big tech This is light years beyond mere surveillance capitalism. (Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty) Yanis Varoufakis 12 Feb 2026 · 6 mins Artificial intelligence · Big tech · Prometheus Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings, did not have two separate heads, but rather was two […]

The post Can we escape AI slavery? Only the Left can tame big tech appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

Created
Thu, 02/04/2026 - 19:01

Telling the Truth About China’s Success With the Persian Gulf in flames, de-escalation of the cold war between the United States and China must become the world’s top priority. To that end, it is essential to explode a powerful myth: the idea that China has cheated its way to prosperity. ATHENS – As missiles, bombs, […]

The post Telling the Truth About China’s Success appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.