This is a fantastic conversation between former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and American social critic/historian Noam Chomsky in New York. They run through some great history on how many of the current world political and fiscal structures were set up, the power play that goes on behind closed doors and who makes the decisions.
It’s demonstrates perfectly how politicians have pretty much nothing to do with the decisions that run the world politics and economy regardless of which way you vote.
Yanis Varoufakis considers himself a politician by necessity, not by choice. An economist and academic by training, he became finance minister for Greece amidst the country’s financial crisis, creating an image for himself both beloved and reviled. He discusses his complicated role in his new book, “And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe’s Crisis and America’s Economic Future”, and on the LIVE stage alongside renowned academic and theorist Noam Chomsky.
Click here to see another video of Yanis Varoufakis on the Universal Basic Income.
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