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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🔗Click this link to learn more about PMI’s Q3 results: http://bit.ly/4nEnM2k 📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y Today on The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau break the orthodoxy that replacing a failing leader mid-term is effective, asking if the rumoured "palace coup" against Keir Starmer is the most suicidal political move Labour could make. Is the UK's tradition of backstabbing Prime Ministers (from Thatcher to Truss) an empirical failure, and will the political instability only pave the way for Nigel Farage as the unchallenged winner? The Econoclasts is the podcast from UnHerd in which Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau each week pick pillars of the economic orthodoxy - so-called 'settled facts' - and shatter them. Why? Because, while they don't always agree politically, they’re united in one conviction: the consensus is rotten and the establishment's model is failing. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/labours-keir-starmer-problem/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Advertise on UnHerd @ zoe.white@unherd.com //TIMECODES// 00:00 - 02:20 - Introduction 02:20 - 10:49 - Starmer and Labour’s failure 10:49 - 20:44 - The problem with the Parliamentary system 20:44 - 21:18 - Closing thoughts 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 #UnHerd #KeirStarmer #Labour