About this episode
Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau discuss the implications of Trump's tariffs and the rise of Big Tech amidst a transformative global economy.
🔗Go to unherd.com/econoclastslive to get your tickets to Yanis & Wolfgang's upcoming event! In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau pull back the curtain to reveal the shifting tectonic plates of the global economy, arguing that the world’s fixation on Donald Trump’s tariffs and Supreme Court rulings is a dangerous distraction from a much more profound transformation – namely a new form of power that allows Big Tech to hold the West to ransom, and an AI revolution that will permanently dismantle the foundations of human agency, private property, and the free market. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Hosts: Yanis Varoufakis, Wolfgang Munchau
Topics covered
- tariffs
- global economy
- Big Tech
- AI revolution
- human agency
- free market
Keywords
- Trump
- tariffs
- global economy
- Big Tech
- AI
- human agency
- free market
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Organizations: Big Tech, Acast
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