Episode 700 • • 20:26 - 28:26
700: Bidentification
Yanis Varoufakis and the Disintegration of the European Union
The hosts examine the rise of Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, reviewing a 2011 TEDx talk where he compared the EU to a termite colony. They discuss his background as a Marxist economist and his dual Australian-Greek citizenship. The analysis suggests Varoufakis may be a "rock star" figure backed by outside interests to undermine the current European financial system.