Yanis Varoufakis
The Disruptor
Contrarian and drawn to the edge; challenges the settled answer.
Yanis Varoufakis is a prominent economist known for his outspoken views on economic reform and his role during the Greek debt crisis. This interview reveals his leadership style as one that seeks to disrupt conventional thinking and provoke critical discussions about capitalism and governance.
“Well, let me first put it in context, right? Okay. Ten years ago, we had booked one of the most wonderful theaters in Berlin, the Foxbunner Theatre, where we inaugurated Diem 25, our movement, Democracy and Europe movement, together with people who were there last night, like Brianino and quite a few others. And last night we...”
“You really cannot solve it in the same way if you have two equations in three unknowns, it cannot be solved. It doesn't matter how good you are. It's like squaring the circle. It just can't be done. It's not just difficult. So, you know, the question is, why did I spend decades with this kind of economics?”
“Promises that we are going to painlessly solve all their problems. And I thought that my relationship with that party was finished because I was invoked, that article was invoked by the center-right government at the time.”
“Have a lot of problems getting elected these days because I tell the Greeks that there are no simple solutions and things along those lines. But I do believe that progressives have to be honest to the public.”
The Rest Is Politics: Leading — 187. Yanis Varoufakis: How The 2008 Crisis Revived Far-Right Populism
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