Category Archive: 2) Swiss and European Macro
Heiner Flassbeck – Theorien und Herkunft
http://www.Whisky.de/shop/ Linke Volkswirtschaftstheorien neigen dazu, Menschen von der Arbeit weg zum leichten Konsum zu führen. Doch am Ende landen alle nur in der Planwirtschaft und letzten Endes im Grau des Kommunismus. Wann immer man von Professoren Vorträge hört, so sollte man sich zuvor informieren, welches Parteibuch in der Tasche dieses vermeintlich neutralen Akademikers steckt. Vortrag …
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Yanis Varoufakis interviewed in Barcelona | DiEM25
“On 26th June the people of Catalonia, the people of Spain, have a unique opportunity to vote in a progressive government that will save the European Union from itself and from the disaster caused by the self-defeating austerity breeding unbearable authoritarianism. The incumbent prime minister of the right-wing People’s Party behaves like a spoilt child …
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Warum die Rettung Europas nicht gelingen kann – Prof. Dr. Heiner Flassbeck
Vortrags- und Diskussionsveranstaltung zur Krise in Europa mit Prof. Dr. Heiner Flassbeck, langjähriger Chefvolkswirt der UNCTAD Universität Passau, Hörsaal
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Heiner Flassbeck – Die Volkswirtschaft jenseits von Ideologien und Vorurteilen – 2016
Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Heiner Flassbeck am Justus-Knecht-Gymnasium in Bruchsal Thema: Volkswirtschaft jenseits von Ideologien und Vorurteilen Der weltweit
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Yanis Varoufakis & Noam Chomsky sprechen über das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen
Im folgenden Video sprechen Yanis Varoufakis und Noam Chomsky über das Konzept eines bedingungslosen Grundeinkommens. Für mehr Informationen diesbezüglich, besuchen Sie das „basic income network“. Ist ein Grundeinkommen in der heutigen Zeit notwendig? Wie wird es die Zukunft der Menschen beeinflussen? Wo hat diese Idee ihren Ursprung? Ist es kompatibel mit der Allgemeinen Erklärung der …
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Noam Chomsky & Yanis Varoufakis discuss Basic Income (Universal Income)
In thhis video Yanis Varoufakis and Noam Chomsky talk about the concept of a basic income guarantee also knowns as a universal income. Following topics are addressed: – Is a basic income neccessary in today’s day and age? – How will it impact humanity’s future? – How did this idea orginate? -Is it compatible with …
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Switzerland GDP Q1 2016: +0.1 percent QoQ, +0.7 percent YoY
Q/Q GDP growth: +0.1%, YoY GDP growth: +0.7%.
Until 2014, Swiss GDP was driven by net exports: Exports were rising more quickly than imports, which improved GDP.
Positive change in the trade balance in goods: +8.1% YoY exports, +1.4% YoY imports in Q1/2016.
Negative change in the trade balance for services: export +2.0%, import +6.7% YoY
In 2015 and in Q1/2016 the main GDP drivers were consumption (+1.3% YoY in Q1/2016) and investment...
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Owen Jones and Yanis Varoufakis – British exit
Owen Jones met Yanis Varoufakis, who said a British exit from the European Union would only serve to speed up the disintegration of the EU. In the end, the only beneficiaries would be xenophobes, racists and ultra-nationalists everywhere, he says.
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Yanis Varoufakis, a Errejón: “No necesitan consejos, Podemos sabe qué hay que hacer”
Yanis Varoufakis habla con Íñigo Errejón, número dos de Podemos, en Al Rojo Vivo. El exministro señala “que no necesitan consejos” y Errejón le agradece sus palabras y le manda un abrazo.
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Swiss Retail Sales: -2.4 percent Y/Y nominal and Real -1.9 percent real
Retail sales in several countries like Germany, Italy, Japan and Switzerland continue to fall. In the United States they have strongly risen recently. We should remind readers, that used goods sold via Ebay or similar, are not contained in this statistics. Still they create economic value for the purchases. By mentality, Swiss, Germans or Japanese pay more attention so that used goods do not lose their value so quickly.
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Yanis Varoufakis on “The Economic Trends and Challenges Shaping the Future”
Yanis Varoufakis, former Minister of Finance, Greece In January 2015, Yanis Varoufakis was appointed finance minister by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after the election victory of Syriza in the parliamentary election. Varoufakis resigned as Finance Minister in July 2015. Varoufakis has studied economics in the UK, first at the University of Essex and then mathematical …
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Anthony Barnett talks to Yanis Varoufakis at Another Europe Is Possible
openDemocracy founder Anthony Barnett discusses DiEM25, Brexit and European democracy with Yanis Varoufakis. Recorded at the Another Europe is Possible event in London, 28 May 2016.
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Yanis Varoufakis and Noam Chomsky
YANIS VAROUFAKIS | NOAM CHOMSKY, NYPL, 26 April 2016 Full discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szIGZVrSAyc
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Yanis Varoufakis speech at Another Europe is Possible
Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis gives a speech at the Another Europe Is Possible conference on the aims of the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25) and why the British left should vote to stay in the EU.
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Another Europe is Possible: DiEM25 Session with Yanis Varoufakis
Another Europe is Possible Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25) Institute of Education, London Yanis Varoufakis, DiEM25 James Schneider, Momentum Zoe Gardner, migrants’ rights activist Mary Kaldor, professor of global governance, LSE
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Industrial Production Recovers in March: Strong Franc Digested?
The sector that got hit most by the sudden appreciation of the Swiss franc, was the industrial production. They must compete with Germany, that benefits of the weak euro. The newest data show that the industry sector has strongly recovered. This opens the question once again, if the Swiss franc is really overvalued? Certainly not against the dollar, other sectors like pharmaceuticals and chemicals export at lot to the United States.
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