Yanis Varoufakis - "Democratising the Eurozone"

[@MrCostiZz]

The only politician i admired in my life ……And here is way !! Because he is an Academic. Nice video …Thank you UnivDeCoimbra.

[@BlindGus]

+Kostas Spiliotopoulos Ίσως επειδή δεν κατάλαβες τι έκανε. Δεν πειράζει.

[@MrCostiZz]

+BlindGus Apparently no one understands what he did in the world including Nobel prize winners and respected Universities.....Only his politicians enemies in Greece understood and sinister European economical lobbies . Please enlighten us !!

[@BlindGus]

Well, he went bankrupt our banking system and added 90 BB..billion Euro to our dept in 7 months. In order to prevent the banking system from totally collapsing he instituted capital controls which caused many bussinesses to close and a rapid increase in unemployment in the middle of the tourist period.

[@MrCostiZz]

+BlindGus No the European Union (not bankrupt) but intentionally closed our Banks to intimidate the Greek voters to vote YES to the referendum.....Not knowing simple history ...Greeks can never be blackmailed.....As once again we proved.

[@MrCostiZz]

+BlindGus Unless you don't have your own currency and you are in a currency union you mean!! Yea groundbreaking news !

[@DanielLopes8]

Contra muitas expectativas sobre esta presença de Yanis Varoufakis em Portugal, ele não veio com a intenção de atacar politicamente nenhum partido nem sequer nenhuma ideologia política. Vemos um Senhor verdadeiramente interessado em melhorar a Europa, despido de "clubismos" partidários e com único objetivo de melhorar as condições de vida de uma Europa claramente fragilizada, desorientada e desatualizada. Uma grande lição para todos os que, pelo nosso país fora, se fixam em ataques partidários, presumindo que tudo o que o seu partido diz e faz está correto e que tudo o que os restantes partidos dizem e fazem está errado (isto é comum a todos, não apenas "à direita" ou "à esquerda"). Acabemos com a "tradição" de olharmos para partidos políticos como se de clubes de futebol se tratássem. Unamo-nos de uma vez por todas ao combate à corrupção que, muito mais que ideologias políticas, tem vindo a destruir o nosso país e a nossa Europa. Isto é o que a política devia ser. Um debate constante com um objetivo comum em mente, com respeito mútuo e o interesse de melhorar o país que gerem, fundamentado por factos e não opiniões partidárias.

[@mariettestabel275]

This Man is a Brilliant Teacher. Hope for the Next Generation.

[@perpirak00]

The clarity of this person is beyond everyone I know! What an amazing speech! Let's go for it!

[@mustafaerdem1531]

Indeed, he has a very strong mental

[@andreasandreotti4492]

Yanis Varoufakis is a genuine representative of ancient Greek dialectics, very pedagogical and enlightening. He makes me feel as if I am reading a book of Aristotelis like politics or ethics or Plato´s like Faidon or Kriton!

[@Nisa338]

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[@garyhowtobluetoothjblheadp3583]

A decent human - being, which is indeed, exceedingly rare in politics.

[@stanjones2126]

Varoufakis is brilliant. Yet I do find a bit of a contradiction when early in his speech he champions democracy - that the people out there have what it takes to decide important matters of state. Then later in the question period he was asked if we still need a form of “representative democracy”? His answer was that in a complicated technical society we need to retain the concept of representative democracy. I think he’s right if you look at the present level of sophistication of society today. Voters need to become smarter and better informed. Yet it was the noted conservative William F. Buckley who famously said: “I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University”. Yes, I know Buckley is taking a jab at the Harvard liberal establishment here and is not actually praising the wisdom of the 400 Bostonians.

[@janicenicholson-taylor7404]

My appreciation. ❤

[@wianamatta60]

Yanis you challenged us at Sydney Uni with your erudite wisdom and wit and you continue to do so internationally. If only more people would listen!!!!

[@NicholBrummer]

just to find the beginning: Varoufakis starts at 40 minutes

[@joelwest5396]

What an intellect! Yanis always delivers.

[@honpaul2203]

brilliant analyst and wonderful speech. You'll learn a lot!

[@jannorman2091]

This Man is really among the finest of humanity. What a beautiful, beautiful person.

[@trakkaton]

As shown by his push for the illegal gene therapy?!

[@moonlightmelodrama]

A brilliant mind.

[@exactasa]

Amazing speech!

[@SaraConstancaSoaresFerreira]

Este video está silenciado num momento crucial em que Varoufakis fala do que Draghi fez, entre 1:33:34 e 1:33:38. Será possível ter acesso a estes 4 segundos de informação? Se possível por escrito, já que o video aqui não os contém. "(...) 65 billion off... (silêncio) ... *ing a lot of tension with the Central Bank of Germany (...)" Estes 4 segundos que estão insonorizados parecem ser de relevante importância.

[@fustersalvador8311]

Thanks for the clear speach, dont give up.

[@alexgoslar4057]

I have been listening to your speeches Yanis Varoufakis, for the last 3 years and I enjoyed every bit of your insights and observations. Now I am questioning the ROI of all these speeches. How much of it is being absorbed and hopefully applied in the effort of restoring Democracy? At the end is it not about absorbing and adopting the conveyed thoughts? And is there any practical way to get more actionable results?

[@mariosmaniatopoulosofficia242]

Boa noite! Yanis Varoufakis fala sobre assuntos tão importantes que é uma pena que esse vídeo não tem legendas em português.

[@noblessproject]

what can i say about this man ... amazing ... great Varouf !!

[@avsilva1946]

Seria possível publicar este vídeo com legendas em Português ?

[@robbiemaddisonftw]

+Vieira da Silva Dado que este upload é da UC duvido :\

[@avsilva1946]

+Pedro Almeida Obrigado.

[@freinis]

The talk starts at 41:04

[@carlossilva-kv9ey]

Muito bom, parabéns a todos os intervenientes. O conteúdo da mensagem é demasiado importante , para não estar legendado em Português e assim chegar de uma forma mais compreensível a um maior numero de pessoas.

[@garamiglm2026]

Wow.. brilliant views imo.. too bad even such brilliant people are not heard in the behemoth EU finance circles.

[@MonteiroM]

Great.

[@fotisstrongylos5291]

The only and real one!!!

[@paspolc]

Please add subtitles thanks

[@hansbjrnstein5294]

How did this video and the other versions here on youtube of this precise talk, become censored at the exact same place in his speech? When he says: " Now, let's look at what Draghi has been doing; he has been purchasing as I said about 65 billion euros of..." Then the sound is being cut off and the next several sentences are silenced and not available for anyone to hear. Censorship? By who? And what was he saying? Anyone of you know?

[@guilhermeneto5299]

ahahah No its not Censorship, I'm proud to study in this University and I assure you the facilites are piece of shit, especifically in this case the sound sistem of the main Auditory

[@hansbjrnstein5294]

Ok thanks for the clarification, good to know!

[@JoaoOliveira11]

This video may not play in mobile devices, please open in a desktop. Varoufakis starts at 40 minutes.

[@cvetannikolov2823]

Soo genuine Truth

[@jankopandza1072]

Economy is not a science..it is a set of rules !

[@oninjadaburaca]

Uma crítica ao canal da UC. São uma Instituição Portuguesa, têm uma palestra em Inglês e disponibilizam-na no youtube, muito bem. E as legendas? Ou isto é só para estrangeiro ver e para as elites que falam inglês ?

[@luiscoutinho1139]

Nao ha legendas... ta calado e cala-te. Aproveita a oportunidade para estudar um bocadinho de ingles.

[@DanielCarrapa]

A descrição do modo de funcionamento das reuniões do Eurogrupo, ao minuto 53, é notável. Uma vergonha. Não admira que Varoufakis seja tão atacado. Há coisas que não caem bem ao poder.

[@bonancavila]

PORQUE É QUE A PIADA DO MINISTRO PORTUGUÊS FOI CENSURADA NO MINUTO 51?

[@hol08048275]

+bonancavila Yes I noticed it has been edited in some parts. I don't know if it is intentional censoring though. From what I can remember he said something like "I won't tell you who it was, but it wasn't a Portuguese minister", but if i'm wrong about this please correct me as I was stood right at the back of the hall and had difficulty hearing. I also noticed a cut at 1:21:48 too. If anyone can remember what he said there, please could you post it here?

[@carlosalbffgomes]

+Jogo Xadrez As far as I remember, your quote is correct.

[@windokeluanda]

+bonancavila freedom of speech...

[@proasis]

É de louvar a aceitação do convite pelo professor Varoufakis nesta paletra após a exclusão de apoio político de Portugal aquando das negociações gregas. Notável a receptividade da universidade e do público português. Parabéns a todos.

[@luiscoutinho1139]

A Universidade de Coimbra tem nos seus docentes o professor Elias Souziakis que também é cidadao Grego, ja que foi adoptado ha muito por Coimbra como um dos seus...

[@enriquediazmartinez]

Lo que realmente haría falta es una transcripción de la conferencia y así disponer de un texto para difusión...

[@josephinestabel9647]

Imagine there is no Yanis Varoufakis....I recommend everyone to read his book "Adults in the Room" Interesting ! 🌍.

[@wendyleonenko8962]

I am tired of political labels (left, right). Neither of these labels are accurate anymore. For example, I want to own land, start my own payroll processing business. But I also believe fundamentally, that we have a duty to provide public education, health care and pensions .... this is what made Canada the number one country in the world in the 1970s according to the UN Human Development Program. But then we had then we had destabilizing policies like NAFTA, and we lost our quality of life.

[@kforest2745]

There. Well said. “Disqualified.” I have said if politicians actually want to see people get ahead than they shouldn’t be making more than the people all the while doing nothing but spewing their bullshit.

[@rosenifidelis7091]

abra aí pra público

[@SMARTvoterWorld]

Democratizing anywhere first requires politicians who are accountable to at least trying to call for and support, policies that were presented and compared in a fair and reliable way to an informed electorate. Without 'Voter Consumer Rights' you do not have a democracy.

[@postlex]

no editing for reasons of transparency? START at 41:00

[@pedrodcosta45]

Mais alguem reparou que existem pequenas partes, segundos que foram editados/cortado? Tem alguma coisa a ver com o facto de que na manhã de ontem, 18 de outubro, 1 dia após o seu upload este video esteve bloqueado, durante pouco tempo, aqui no youtube por direitos de autor reclamados pela RTP?

[@elisabeteabreu1378]

+Pedro Costa É bem possível. O que pode ter acontecido é a RTP ter pago à Universidade de Coimbra o direito de transmissão em minutos para uma reportagem e por isso agora não permite que o que gravou e pagou seja agora transmitido pela UC. Mas uma dúvida terrível me assalta o espírito: será que já fizeram isso com a intenção de ninguém poder transmitir depois as partes mais "incómodas"? Isso sim seria censura!

[@luiscoutinho1139]

Sempre a mesma merda das teorias da conspiracao....

[@silmurad]

olá! vcs estão fazendo um intervalo agora ou já acabou?

[@euguevarista]

+silmurad avance no vídeo q está tudo aqui gravado

[@muradsilvia]

+manela Rotterdam obrigada! ;)

[@zerodelta3520]

22:46 "Today the future is not what it used to be". The audience doesn't get it. Not a very quick audience. What uni is he at?

[@nichitaoctavian5726]

The good thing is we have clever people like you who take so much pride in pointing out the obvious.

[@zerodelta3520]

@@nichitaoctavian5726 Aawh, stop it... It was nothing really (but thanx)... A student maybe at the historic university? (Haha, a histrionic student at the historic university, geddit? 😁) ((Pls, don't answer, I do not really care 🙂))

[@platotherepublic4939]

52:35 to 52:40 Yanis is muted.

[@beto_kemp7483]

He probably said that the ECB was purchasing southern European government bonds.

[@rosenifidelis7091]

dr olim tá Eike

[@GenghisVern]

couldn't edit out first 23 minutes? lol

[@Johnmattos1460]

Just some words!! Wishful thinking, I mean! But, to dream isn't prohibited! Go ahead, Mister Che Guevara...oops, Professor, Varoufakis!!

[@rosenifidelis7091]

é pra despeja até de onde Diogo e a família tá vão no Geraldo falaram ass roseni

[@luiscoutinho1139]

Aprende a escrever Roseni porq nao se entende o que colocas no papel...

[@elmersbalm5219]

Fabulous and provocative thinker. I have to take issue though with his characterisation of the birth of EEC. The main trusting forces were quintessentially European. They wanted to slowly build a space outside US/UK hegemony. The only thing the post war masters allowed was an economic union of sorts. We might be finally seeing some clawing back of sovereignty with Brexit. Let's see how things play out these two years. I see the birth of the Eurodollar as another struggle to claw back some control from the US Fed.

[@danhanqvist4237]

This kind of "democratisation" is very problematic. In the Greek case, it seems to mean "we want to be able to borrow at German interest rates and not have to pay back what we borrow but be bailed out by other members of the Eurozone, even if they are poorer and work harder and longer than us". That is not sustainable. If a democracy borrows, that democracy has to honour its commitments and pay back.

[@plerpplerp5599]

Cha, cha, cha.

[@BadRain007]

If we ever get a World Government, Yanis will have to reluctantly accept the leader position

[@joelwest5396]

Yanis for World President. Yes!

[@rosenifidelis7091]

agora uma loja de material não pode vender material de construção sem apresentar documento aprovado na justiça tá vê jacui e guaxupe compra e venda também ass roseni

[@luiscoutinho1139]

Tomahnuku roseni

[@andrewmarshall8218]

To be so clear,he has had to do a lot of thinking

[@joanhastings]

if the Jewish Businesses were still in EU ~ your economy would be great

[@paulbromley6687]

I wish he would work for my UK government as chancellor of the exchequer or prime minister.

[@rosenifidelis7091]

o diploma meu da acadêmica fazê vale tá justiça ass roseni

[@marcosabait]

I think that the role of the Central Bank of Greece in precipitating the crisis was not explored here. The shareholders of the Central Bank of Greece are still unknown to the public.... I wonder if Varoufakis can make them public...

[@west5828]

What happened to your friend Alix the Che Guevara ,what a joke 🤣 did he got paid off at the end nice villa, yatch, big car !

[@fustersalvador8311]

does leftits accept religión?

[@georgegrangeon9015]

Absolute nonsense

[@fred16773]

He is not an economist of any worth nor a politician. But a narcissistic clown

[@armindevilla8257]

do you disagree with him?

[@jorgegomez524]

an economist of any worth being...

[@mariettestabel275]

Shame on you! .

[@molaudisekake4070]

you are mad , get life please

[@gmonkey808]

Yanis is boring. Pick a topic. Suggest it is not working. Answer = more leftism. Rinse and repeat. Get to a far left position and it still dont work? Answer.. deny deny deny. Its not clever. We have heard it all before.

[@molaudisekake4070]

you are just a non starter compared to Yanis

[@gabbablaqqblaqq6341]

Better dead than Brown or Red