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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🔗Go to https://sponsr.is/hypnozio_unherd and use code UNHERD15 to grab 15% off your first subscription with Hypnozio. 📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y This week, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau take aim at two prevailing myths: the widespread belief that Greece’s recovery is a heartwarming success story—a model for debt-laden nations like Germany and the UK—and the soft center-left idea that the EU can “go it alone” and challenge the United States politically and economically. Is Greece’s success real, or just a financial illusion? And is a meaningful decoupling from a tariff-wielding America possible, or is the dream of a strategically independent Europe dead? Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/why-europe-cant-break-free-from-the-us/ Listen to the podcast: plinkhq.com/i/1685475850 Advertise on UnHerd @ zoe.white@unherd.com 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 - 00:52 - Intro 00:52 - 02:39 - Europe’s Decline and the Greek Recovery Narrative 02:39 - 04:55 - Sponsor 04:55 - 07:26 - Greece’s False Success Story 07:26 - 10:09 - The Real Story 10:09 - 11:33 - Socioeconomic Hardship in Greece 11:33 - 14:41 - A Faulty Role Model for Europe 14:41 - 21:19 - Debt, Austerity, and Innovation Challenges in Europe 21:19 - 24:28 - Investment Crisis and Dependency on the US 24:28 - 25:27 - Two Clashing Economic Narratives 25:27 - 31:56 - Why the EU Remains Dependent on US 31:56 - 35:01 - Attempts at Independence From US 35:01 - 38:08 - Dependence by Design: The Reality of Subservience 38:08 - 39:00 - The Ingredients for a US/EU Decoupling 39:00 - 40:00 - A Plan-less Europe 40:00 - 44:04 - EU Policy Toward Russia and Unintended Consequences 44:04 - 48:04 - The Limits of European Integration and Calls for Radical Change #UnHerd #Greece #EuropeanUnion