Yanis Varoufakis
speaker
1,142 appearances
3 recordings
2 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 3 May
Yanis Varoufakis’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So the result is that, you know, with this socialism for bankers and austerity for everyone without having a surplus recycling mechanism within Europe to do that which Roosevelt did.
Imagine if in Britain, imagine if in Britain, every county or let's say, you know, Scotland, Wales, North England, South England and London were separate states.
And you had no fiscal union.
You had no common fiscal policy, but you had the pound.
And each one of these jurisdictions looked after its own banks and had to borrow in the international markets to save those banks.
What would have happened after 2008 in this country?
And if they had to get together as heads of these, you know, sub parts of Britain to negotiate amongst each other how to bail each other out, it would be a complete disaster.
I've written extensively along those lines.
For me, 2008 was our generation's 1929.
In the same way, you cannot understand the world after 1929 if you don't start with the collapse of Wall Street, the way that is percolated.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
It's also because, you know, you have a situation where the left...
failed to come up with a comprehensive plan that could inspire confidence in people.
It's our failure and the liberal establishment's failure that led to the fascists rising up through the woodwork.
I think people have a pretty good understanding of how soul-destroying it is to be simultaneously sincere and a politician.
As an academic, I was used to being around the table and attacking ideas and trying to learn from other people's attack of my ideas.
But the moment you are on a television panel as a politician, I realized that this guy was sitting opposite me.
If I convince him about something, then he loses his job.
Or if he convinces me and I say this on air, then, you know, my part is going to be up in arms against me.
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