Yanis Varoufakis: Why the Universal Basic Income is a Necessity http://www.actvism.org/en/opinions/varoufakis-grundeinkommen/
VIDEO Description: In this video former finance minister of Greece, professor of economics, author and founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), Yanis Varoufakis, argues why the Basic Income is a necessity today. His arguments take into account a macro socio-economic, psychological, philosophical and moral perspective.
A speech given by Yanis Varoufakis to the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, for International Workers' Day.
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