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Jun 2017
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#015 Yanis Varoufakis - How To Construct...

Russell Brand
About this episode
In a fascinating interview I discuss with Yanis what happens when you take on the political, financial and media elite, and how radical reform can occur. Through accounts of his confrontations with the IMF, European institutions and the German government we examine where true power lies and how it is wielded.

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