Yanis Varoufakis on Talking to My Daughter About the Economy | The New School

Presented jointly by the The New School for Social Research and the Schools of Public Engagement.

This conversation between Yanis Varoufakis, economist, academic and former Greek Minister of Finance, and Will Milberg, dean of The New School for Social Research, will build upon the themes in Varoufakis' latest book Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism.

Capitalism has shown remarkable resilience in the face of left-wing and social democratic assaults against it. It grew stronger during its confrontation with communism, co-opted liberals and social democrats (who, in the end managed to change themselves a lot more than they did capitalism), and grew almost invincible after the collapse of communism and the retreat of social democracy. Alas, today, globalized, financialised capitalism is faced down by a mortal enemy: capital and the manner in which the technologies it engenders pulls the rug from under capitalism’s feet, undermining the raison d’ etre of traditional corporations and nullifying the all-important labour employment contract.

Location:
John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center
63 Fifth Avenue, Room U100, New York, NY 10003
Monday, May 7, 2018 at 6:00 pm

[littlewing]

This man is so honest and brilliant. He is spot on. His ideas are very realistic and doable. The people of the work needs to listen.

[yareyaredaz]

I have the most respect for this man! But remember everyone... stay critical! As a countryman of Yanis I have witnessed his political and some of his academics career and I have agreed with most of what he stands for . And that's the reason I have to stay critical about the man .
As Christopher Hitchens once said "give a man a reputation as an early riser and he will sleep until noon", let's not make this mistake with Varoufakis . Let's keep this man as honest as he is now .

[Dionysos]

THANKS----As an expat living in Crete/Greece many years, I sure hope that YV becomes the next Prime Minister and pulls together all the working people of Europe to a green New Deal with the Day25/European Spring movement. It's either that or needless, hopeless slavery. (And while average Germans work 1000 hours per year, Greeks work 1500.)

[srecnamim]

he is a very brave person, I bought the book yesterday and will give to my 13 year old daughter

[spinkyl]

Glad to hear from the Communist students. I wish I had a group like that at the school I worked at, where all the female workers are currently being harassed out of their jobs because the union is doing zero to help them out. I would like to ask Yanis what he thinks about corrupt unions, of which there are several here in Canada. They literally spend their time on conferences and compiling black lists, and do nothing for workers.

[jsbart]

Am I in love with Yanis? Yes, yes I am

[GFumet]

Just add a soft 80's - action film - style instrumental running in the back for the full Yanis V experience.

[LownarYouKnowMe]

1:06:05 COULD YOU PLEASE TELL MY PARTY THIS! WE REALLY NEED TO HEAR IT PUT THIS WAY

[spinkyl]

Democracy in the Americas. I like it.

[jubeidono]

22 people have their monitor flipped upside down.

[Tunamornayy]

thanks for the video! very insightful.

[rfmckean]

Unfortunately Varoufakis was not allowed to explain what he would do now to resolve the Greece economic crisis.

[nikwalker]

I wonder, how long the greek economy can remain in this state. Everything is sold out, young people leaving the country as fast as they can. Erdogan waiting for the chance to annex cyprus and the nearby islands as soon the european construct collapses, and the official governmental media channels still saying, greece is on a good way.

[FictionCautious]

Talks are just talks, air thru the vocal chords. The negative forces that are trying to shape the world according to their madness will continue to do so unopposed. No amount of talking will save us from the horrors of the future.

[alicianieto]

Morethan the 100 years war, the main line between those who want a tighter, more federal Europe and those who don´t reminds me to the old divide between latinos and germanic, protestants vs catholics/orthodox, the individualism vs the colectivism...it matches even geographically...it may just be me, but it seems like the same cultural scars from all of Europe´s history coming up yet again.

[eddyalexiou]

very interesting fellow - how did he ever believed and entrusted to serve a civil and political delinquent like Tsipras?

[susomedin]

In the 30 years war France was in the protestant side.

[Enzorgullochapin]

*Capitalism* in a nutshell*: a lie within a lie within a lie wrapped into a casino.

[potosifinance]

Nationalize ALL central banks. Eliminate the charge of interest. Operate a world based on capital only.

[zetetick]

Wow! that's a BIG sauna! O.O