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 the following link to learn more about Philip Morris International’s progress: https://bit.ly/3MizLWW 🔗 Click the following link to get tickets to 'The Econoclasts LIVE' in London on March 23rd: https://unherd.com/econoclastslive 📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau dissect the false orthodoxies surrounding the current state of the transatlantic relationship and the UK’s post-Brexit strategy. Pointing to Marco Rubio’s Munich speech as a signal that America has pivoted its priorities away from its security guarantee with Europe, and highlighting Keir Starmer’s attempt to seek a backdoor return to the EU through regulatory alignment, they paint a stark picture of a West in transition, where old alliances are crumbling and delusional European leaders remain unable to confront the fiscal and military realities of a changing world order. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/europes-looming-security-crisis/ 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 - 00:59 – Intro 00:59 - 02:27 – Today’s topics 02:27 - 02:42 – Sponsor: Philip Morris International 02:42 - 08:33 – Munich Security Conference & NATO’s new reality 08:33 - 13:20 – US pivot from Europe post‑2008 13:20 - 18:03 – Europe’s defence gap & duplication 18:03 - 24:31 – UK–EU ‘dynamic alignment’ & SPS deal 24:31 - 30:54 – Why alignment is a bad UK strategy 30:54 - 34:01 – EU over‑regulation & tech weakness 34:01 - 36:11 – Trade deficit, capital flight, supply chains 36:11 - 38:55 – Trade deals, political fallout & closing thoughts #UnHerd #RejoinEU #MarcoRubio