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://ground.news/unherd to think for yourself and get the full picture. Subscribe through our link for 40% off unlimited access to Ground News. 📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/4cfaeH0 In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and guest Richard D. Wolff analyse the decline of US imperial hegemony, tracing how eroding global power, systemic economic instability, and the rollback of social democratic reforms have fuelled widespread political alienation, while offering a critical critique of mainstream economic theory and exploring the potential for a renewed socialist movement in America. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/the-decline-of-the-us-empire/ 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 - 01:55 - Intro 01:55 - 02:12 - Introducing Richard D. Wolff 02:12 - 03:40 - Trump and the revival of socialism 03:40 - 07:38 - The rise of radicalism in America 07:38 - 09:07 - Sponsor: Ground News 09:07 - 11:13 - Social democracy vs. Marxism 11:13 - 14:35 - The New Deal and the rollback of its achievements 14:35 - 15:18 - The case against capitalism 15:18 - 20:50 - Inequality, instability and climate change 20:50 - 23:10 - Debt, deficits and American economic power 23:10 - 25:20 - Is American hegemony in decline? 25:20 - 28:15 - America’s military and soft-power decline 28:15 - 33:30 - Political alienation and the rise of socialism #UnHerd #RichardWolff #AmericanEmpire