Below is an interesting 4 part interview that Yanis Varoufakis gave while on a tour in the UK, to launch his new book "The Global Minotaur: America, The True Origins of the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy. In Part1 of the interview, he gives a broad outline of his thesis which reminded me a bit of some of Giovanni Arrighi's work. A good review of the book, by Brian Collins, was recently published in the LARB and can be found here . Part 2 & 3 has Yanis providing his analysis of the Greek & Eurozone troubles while, in Part 4, he gives his assessment - not flattering - of how some social democrats have responded to the troubles.
For interest sake, a review, by Joshua Clover, of Giovanni Arrighi's last published book, before he died, "Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21st Century" as well as his "The Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power and the Origins of Our Time" was also published in the LARB two months prior to the review of Yanis' book.
I'm muddling both of their approaches in my head just now and though Yanis book is more up-to-date and specifically does deal with the current mess I haven't compared them in detail. This is because I've only read the Introduction to The Global Minotaur as I wait delivery of my copy from Amazon UK.
Incidentally you can read the Introduction online at e-Books. The link to the Introduction online reader is here. I found the it amazingly succinct, and written in a light style for my mind, weary of the seemingly endless disjointed and ideological analysis inflicted, by various pundits, on anyone attempting to sort through the practical and theoretical mess of this latest capitalist schmozzle.
For interest sake, a review, by Joshua Clover, of Giovanni Arrighi's last published book, before he died, "Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21st Century" as well as his "The Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power and the Origins of Our Time" was also published in the LARB two months prior to the review of Yanis' book.
I'm muddling both of their approaches in my head just now and though Yanis book is more up-to-date and specifically does deal with the current mess I haven't compared them in detail. This is because I've only read the Introduction to The Global Minotaur as I wait delivery of my copy from Amazon UK.
Incidentally you can read the Introduction online at e-Books. The link to the Introduction online reader is here. I found the it amazingly succinct, and written in a light style for my mind, weary of the seemingly endless disjointed and ideological analysis inflicted, by various pundits, on anyone attempting to sort through the practical and theoretical mess of this latest capitalist schmozzle.