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 on a special Q&A edition of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau confront the uncomfortable truths of 2025. From the economic death trap currently paralysing German society, to why nationalist parties like the AfD are sympathetic to Putin, America’s waning interest in NATO, and BRICS’s blockchain-based new world order - Yanis and Wolfgang look back on a year in which global values were rubbished. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/brics-and-the-new-world-order/ 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 - 01:02 – Intro 01:02 - 06:00 – Q1: Reforming Germany? 06:00 - 08:16 – Sponsor 08:16 - 10:45 – Q2: A Static Germany and an Aging Europe 10:45 - 13:58 – Q3: Identity Struggles, the Far-Right and Russian Sympathies 15:56 - 20:40 – Q4: Putin and Europe’s Defense 20:40 - 24:41 – Q5: An Unsustainable Social Security System 24:41 - 28:13 – Q6: Monopoly Power 28:13 - 33:18 – Q7: BRICS & China 33:18 - 39:48 – Q8: AI, Automation & Work 39:48 - 40:58 – Final Thoughts #UnHerd #BRICS #China