The Econoclasts is a new podcast from UnHerd hosted by economist Yanis Varoufakis and journalist Wolfgang Munchau. While they don’t always agree politically, they are united in one conviction: the consensus is rotten. Mainstream economics has consistently failed to predict the events that shape our world, yet this broken orthodoxy still dominates policy and media. Each week, they choose two pillars of the established orthodoxy — the “settled facts” — and shatter them, cutting through the spin to connect the dots between money, geopolitics, and the real forces shaping our future.
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Check out the Plaud Note Pro and see how it fits into workflows where clarity and recall actually matter. 🔗 Learn more: Global: Official website: https://bit.ly/4vOLj62 – Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QwZuwo UK: Official website: https://bit.ly/4cv89Ih– Amazon: https://amzn.to/4e2I9VX 💸 Use code UNHERD for 10% off 📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/4cfaeH0 In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau debunk the myth of European strategic sovereignty and the lie at the heart of the City of London, exposing how Germany’s failure to innovate within its declining car industry leaves it defenceless against Trump’s revenge tariff assault, while the UK’s ‘finance curse’ has replaced productive industrial investment with a parasitic reliance on property speculation and shareholder payouts. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/germany-just-played-into-trumps-hands/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Advertise on UnHerd @ zoe.white@unherd.com Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv //TIMECODES// 00:00 - 01:05 - Intro 01:05 - 02:29 - Today’s orthodoxies 02:29 - 03:01 - Econoclasts Live in London 03:01 - 04:32 - Sponsor: Plaud Note Pro 04:32 - 08:37 - Merz, Trump and 25% car tariffs 08:37 - 12:48 - Von der Leyen’s $700bn pledge and EU sovereignty 12:48 - 16:06 - US troops in Germany and decoupling doubts 16:06 - 23:20 - German car industry, EV failure and shift to US 23:20 - 30:23 - Europe’s dependence and need for diversification 30:23 - 36:03 - City of London, German banks and capital markets 36:03 - 40:37 - Pentagon, internet and why US still grows 40:37 - 41:55 - Lawson, Reeves and the myth of the City 41:55 - 42:19 - Outro #UnHerd #Germany #Trump