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An interview with Yanis Varoufakis

The renowned economist speaks to ourEconomy about the coming UK general election and his plan for the global economy.

15 October 2019, 8.48am

At this years The World Transformed, we caught up with some of the key figures in the movement for a new economy and politics.

In the grand finale of our exclusive series, Yanis Varoufakis speaks to ourEconomy about Brexit, the coming UK general election, a constitutional assembly for Britain, and his agenda of a new Bretton Woods, public investment banks and a universal basic dividend.

With huge thanks to Erik Ros who shot and cut the videos, Freddie Stuart, and the whole TWT comms team who let us use their studio.

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