Yanis Varoufakis
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1,142 appearances
3 recordings
2 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 3 May
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if not the whole of the world, which will continue even if the war ends tomorrow morning.
Why?
Because on the one hand, cost-push inflation, as we know from the 1970s, is much more toxic than the tariffs.
Secondly, because the AI splurge is now reversing.
Why?
Because AI is very energy intensive.
So the increase in the price of electricity is seriously affecting investment in AI, especially in Europe, in Britain, and elsewhere.
Thirdly, because central banks are already on the way, if not of increasing interest rates, some of them are thinking about this, they will stop reducing interest rates.
And because unemployment was on the way up,
unlike last year, already before the Iranian war.
And I really do hope that the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, do not increase interest rates because when you have cost push for inflation, interest rate rises are not going to contain that except by destroying the economy and creating a massive depression.
You've been incredibly engaging.
Thank you so much.
And you know what?
I prefer talking to people that I disagree with than people that I agree with.
Thank you for having me back.
No, I don't think it's fallen apart.
I mean, allow me to preface my assessment with my astonishment that, you know, Donald Trump persecuted the war, which is a textbook case of how not to start a war, how not to prosecute it, and how not to end it.
The essence of the ceasefire is, of course, as you are pointing out in your program so far, it's just a totally ramshackle.
It's a mess.
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