In his new book, the maverick Greek economist says we are witnessing an epochal shift. At his island home, he argues it’s now the ‘fiefdoms’ of tech firms that shape us

‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism, Starmer, and the tyranny of big tech::In his new book, the maverick Greek economist says we are witnessing an epochal shift. At his island home, he argues it’s now the ‘fiefdoms’ of tech firms that shape us

  • doublejay1999@lemmy.worldEnglish
    328·
    1 year ago

    Greece has 6000 islands.

    His lives in a house on one the 227 inhabited ones.

    He pays his rent writing books and giving talks against capitalism., sharing what he learned in his time as Greek finance minister, when the EU and Germany were crushing Greece with debt and forcing neoliberal policies on them the detriment of its citizens and for the benefit of the banks.

    What are your plans for today ?

    • tetraodon@feddit.itEnglish
      1023·
      1 year ago

      Crushing Greece with debt Greece chose to take.

      If they didn’t like EU loans they could have gone to the IMF or, guess what, they could have refused any loans.

      But when you accept other people’s money (that ultimately comes from taxpayers), refusing to pay it back is a real dick move. An next time you risk that the people who lent you the money will flip you the bird instead.

      Capitalism or not.

      Edit: downvoters believe in free money

      • doublejay1999@lemmy.worldEnglish
        188·
        1 year ago

        …and if Germany had paid the war reparations they owed, perhaps the Greeks wouldn’t need a loan , because marching your tanks uninvited into another countries territory is “a real dick move “ as you put it .

        • tetraodon@feddit.itEnglish
          614·
          1 year ago

          The Greek crisis started in late 2009, triggered by the turmoil of the world-wide Great Recession, structural weaknesses in the Greek economy, and lack of monetary policy flexibility as a member of the Eurozone. The crisis included revelations that previous data on government debt levels and deficits had been underreported by the Greek government: the official forecast for the 2009 budget deficit was less than half the final value as calculated in 2010, while after revisions according to Eurostat methodology, the 2009 government debt was finally raised from $269.3bn to $299.7bn, i.e. about 11% higher than previously reported. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_government-debt_crisis)

          So the Greek government lying is Nazi’s fault? 🤔 Maybe if time travel is involved.