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/4cfaeH0 In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau target the orthodoxy of NATO’s post-1991 expansion as well as dismantling the prevailing narrative surrounding the war in Ukraine, including the logistical delusion of a Western victory and the dereliction of duty by European leadership that risks a global escalation. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/nato-expansion-was-never-about-security/ 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 - 00:51 - Intro 00:51 - 01:47 - Today’s topics 01:47 - 02:22 - London show: Econoclasts Live 02:22 - 04:19 - Media blame game over Ukraine 04:19 - 08:41 - Western aid, voters and hard limits 08:41 - 13:50 - Stalemate, costs and ‘victory vs peace’ 13:50 - 15:05 - NATO expansion, ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Ukraine, and Europe’s morality 15:05 - 18:51 - Encasing Russia in NATO 18:51 - 22:13 - Donbas, peace plans & Europe’s missing strategy 22:13 - 27:17 - Why peace talks stall: history and law 27:17 - 34:37 - “Inventing” Putin 34:37 - 37:39 - Germany–Russia energy bind & EU drift 37:39 - 38:17 - Outro #UnHerd #NATO #Russia