Former Finance Minister Of Greece Talks About The Future Of The Global Economy
By WorldviewFormer Finance Minister Of Greece Talks About The Future Of The Global Economy
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Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis gained global attention when he took on the EU leadership over the conditions they laid out for a bailout of Greece.
In his new book, And the Weak Suffer What They Must? Europe’s Crisis and America’s Economic Future, Varoufakis examines the history of Europe’s debt crisis.
He takes a critical look at austerity policies and lays out a series of policy changes he thinks are necessary to address the crisis.
Varoufakis joins us to talk about the kinds of policy changes he’d like to see put in place.