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Yanis Varoufakis
Finance & Economics
Yanis Varoufakis is a Greek economist, academic, author, and former finance minister known for his criticism of austerity and the Eurozone’s structure.
Biography
Yanis Varoufakis, born in 1961, is a Greek economist, academic, author, and politician. He is Professor of Economic Theory at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and has held academic positions at King’s College London, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Sydney. His economic commentary includes criticism of austerity, neoliberal economics, and the structure of the Eurozone.
In 2015, Varoufakis served as Greece’s Minister of Finance under Alexis Tsipras during the Greek government-debt crisis, gaining international attention for opposing EU-imposed austerity measures. He co-founded Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25) in 2016 and has served as its Secretary-General since 2018. That year, he also founded its Greek wing, MeRA25. He served in the Hellenic Parliament from 2019 to 2023 and is a co-founder of the Progressive International.
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Books by Yanis Varoufakis
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy uses letters to Varoufakis’s young daughter to explain how the economy operates, its historical origins, and how it produces unequal outcomes. Through accessible language and examples, it examines inequality, economic instability, and the limits of market-driven environmental policies while advocating a more democratic alternative.