Yanis Varoufakis
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 Yanis Varoufakis       | |
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| Born | 1961-03-24 Athens, Greece |
| Alma mater | University of Essex, University of Birmingham |
| Religion | atheist |
| Founder of | DiEM25 |
| Member of | Belmarsh Tribunal |
| Party | Syriza |
Yanis Varoufakis is a Greek economist.
“The problem with capitalism is not that it is unfair but that it is irrational, as it habitually condemns whole generations to deprivation and unemployment and even turns capitalists into angst-ridden automata, living in permanent fear that unless they commodify their fellow humans fully so as to serve capital accumulation more efficiently, they will cease to be capitalists. So, if capitalism appears unjust this is because it enslaves everyone; it wastes human and natural resources; the same production line that pumps out remarkable gizmos and untold wealth, also produces deep unhappiness and crises.”
Yanis Varoufakis (18 February 2015) [1]
Contents
Documents by Yanis Varoufakis
| Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:First thoughts on the Euro Summit’s statement on Greece | article | 14 July 2015 | 2015 Greek debt crisis | The initial reaction of former Greek Syriza Party Finance Minister, Yanis Varaoufakis, to the Euro-Summit agreement on Greek debt |
| Document:Open Letter To The Judges Of The International Criminal Court | Letter | 7 October 2024 | Gaza Israeli–Palestinian conflict Palestine International Court of Justice International Criminal Court International law Israel/Defense Forces António Guterres East Jerusalem Occupied Palestinian Territory 2023-2024 Israel-Hamas War/October 7 |
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels Forum/2015 | 20 March 2015 | 22 March 2015 | Cleve North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund. The 2015 main theme was (R)evolution. |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:The arrest of journalist Richard Medhurst and the fight to defend democratic rights | Article | 27 August 2024 | Robert Stevens | Now, in a move that would have been agreed to by PM Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, Labour has pioneered the use of an amendment to the Terrorism Act passed by the Tories to once again attempt to silence and criminalise a journalist and political activist. The same course is being pursued by governments throughout the world. |
A document sourced from Yanis Varoufakis
| Title | Type | Subject(s) | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:The Euro-Summit Agreement on Greece | official statement | 2015 Greek debt crisis | 12 July 2015 | EU Bureaucracy | Text of the Euro-Greek agreement on Greek debt, annotated by Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister |
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