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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📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y In this episode of The Econoclasts, Wolfgang Munchau debunks the “cordon sanitaire” or "firewall" orthodoxy that European centrist parties must never form coalitions with the far-Right, arguing that this failed tactic is a disaster that only guarantees the eventual rise of parties such as the AfD in Germany. The Econoclasts is the new 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/europe-cant-contain-the-far-right/ Listen to the podcast: plinkhq.com/i/1685475850 Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://x.com/Econoclasts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv //TIMECODES// 00:00 - 01:45 - How the European Right wing emerged 01:45 - 16:08 - Should the far-Right be banned? 16:08 - 21:48 - How did the Centrists fail? 21:48 - 22:16 - Closing thoughts #UnHerd #Econoclasts #Europe