The Econoclasts

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“The West sold out to China” In the @econoclasts Live: Who will dominate the New World Disorder? @yanisvaroufakis argues that the West didn't lose to China but rather sold out by prioritising banker bailouts and costly wars over long-term investments in education and technology.

Live from a packed Emmanuel Centre, the Econoclasts brought their podcast to London for a sweeping ‘around-the-globe’ deconstruction of the failing orthodoxies shaping our modern world. To watch the full event, visit: unherd.com/new-world-diso…

"Putin's paying it out of real money" In the @econoclasts Live: Who will dominate the New World Disorder?, @eurobriefing argues that Europe’s strategy to exhaust Russia is financially irrational, as its low-debt, cash-based economy is resilient against Western sanctions.

Live from a packed Emmanuel Centre, the Econoclasts brought their podcast to London for a sweeping ‘around-the-globe’ deconstruction of the failing orthodoxies shaping our modern world. To watch the full event, visit: unherd.com/new-world-diso…

“Victory is not the main purpose of these wars” In the @econoclasts Live: Who will dominate the New World Disorder?, @yanisvaroufakis argues that U.S. ‘forever wars’ are driven not by a desire for victory, but by a business model that relies on perpetual defence spending.

The Econoclasts are coming to London!🇬🇧 Join @yanisvaroufakis & @EuroBriefing on March 23 at the Emmanuel Centre for a live podcast recording on the failing economic consensus and the new world disorder 🌎 Plus Q&A + book signing! Tickets: bit.ly/4raBThI

📺 | @Econoclasts | Esta semana, @yanisvaroufakis y @EuroBriefing desmantelan las narrativas en torno al cierre del Estrecho de Ormuz. Mientras Rusia obtiene enormes beneficios, ¿se dirige Occidente hacia una doble derrota en Irán y Ucrania? 🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=9ZKMgl…

“It was never [about] victory… it was endless war designed to channel billions.” In the latest @econoclasts, @yanisvaroufakis and @eurobriefing debate whether today’s wars are driven by strategy—or by systems that profit from them.

“There should be an agreement on demilitarising” In the latest @econoclasts, @yanisvaroufakis argues that Europe must move past the narrative that negotiating with Putin rewards aggression, instead proposing a collective security arrangement focused on demilitarisation.

Here is my latest UnHerd column on why a ground invasion is an underpriced scenario. unherd.com/2026/03/trump-…

Watch the full episode here 👇 unherd.com/watch-listen/i…

“This would be a global recession we're talking about” In the latest @econoclasts, @eurobriefing argues that an Iranian attack on oil infrastructure could trigger a global recession, warning that the economic threat is far worse than current estimates suggest.

Watch the full episode here 👇 unherd.com/watch-listen/i…

“They only apply it to the kind of situations they want to apply it to” In the latest @econoclasts, @eurobriefing argues that International Law is dying as the pursuit of regime change in Iran vindicates the actions of Russia and strips the West of its moral high ground.

📺 | @Econoclasts | Esta semana, @yanisvaroufakis y @EuroBriefing analizan la guerra contra Irán, desde el golpe de Estado de la CIA en 1953 hasta la actual "sirianización" de Oriente Medio, revelando la falta de estrategia de Occidente. 🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=Zf9iHp…

“This war is the greatest gift to the regime” @yanisvaroufakis argues that the West's true objective is to turn Iran into a dysfunctional, failed state - a threat so dire that it has become the regime’s greatest gift for survival by scaring even its opponents into submission.

"Iran's post-war tragedy starts in 1953" In the latest @econoclasts, @yanisvaroufakis argues that Western intervention in Iran destroyed the country's democratic prospects and fuelled a theocracy that weaponised anti-imperialist rhetoric to crush the progressive Left.

“A radar system that Iran destroyed [will] take 5-8 years to replace” In the latest @econoclasts, @eurobriefing explains how the West’s dependency on Chinese supply chains has shifted the new dimension of warfare from a battle of hardware to a battle of resource constraints.

Watch the full episode here 👇 unherd.com/watch-listen/n…

“The people of Ukraine were led down the garden path by the West… and left there alone.” In the latest @econoclasts, @yanisvaroufakis argues that NATO expansion and Western strategy helped set the stage for the Ukraine war, ignoring how it would be perceived in Moscow.

The Econoclasts are coming to the heart of London! Join me @yanisvaroufakis & Wolfgang @EuroBriefing on Monday March 23 at the Emmanuel Centre for a live podcast recording on the failing economic consensus and the New World Disorder. Plus Q&A + book signing! To book please visit bit.ly/4raBThI As regular viewers/listeners know, Wolfgang and I differ in our political philosophies, but we are united in one conviction: the consensus is rotten. Mainstream economics is a pseudo-science that reliably fails to predict the events that shape our world, yet this broken orthodoxy still dominates. Moreover, our hapless leaders have made a mess of geopolitics, thus jeopardising our prospects. In this exclusive live recording we shall debunk what passes for conventional wisdom and shed a little light on who dominates the new world dis-order. Yes, folks, The Econoclasts are coming to London! Join us