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Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau discuss the political delusions hindering Western growth and the misconceptions surrounding state investment in the UK.

In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau dissect the political delusions stalling Western growth, debunking the idea that state investment alone can revive the UK, exposing Europe’s dangerous tech gap behind America and China, and revealing how flawed economic data hides declining US living standards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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