Can We Fix Capitalism? Yanis Varoufakis vs Gillian Tett

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🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Should capitalism be reformed or replaced? Former Greek Finance Minister and economist Yanis Varoufakis and Gillian Tett US editor at large at the Financial Times discuss and debate their visions for a post-COVID economy live in London. The moderator is Anne McElvoy senior editor at The Economist. For the Intelligence Squared discount on Gillian Tett's book click here: https://www.primrosehillbooks.com/product/anthro-vision-how-anthropology-can-explain-business-and-life-gillian-tett/ For the Intelligence Squared discount on Yanis Varoufakis's book click here: https://www.primrosehillbooks.com/product/another-now-dispatches-from-an-alternative-present-yanis-varoufakis/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode is a recording of our first in-person debate since March 2020, when the
0:05.5	first COVID-19 lockdown came into effect, it features economist Janis Varoufakis and
0:10.5	Gillian Tett of the Financial Times, debating the question whether we can fix capitalism.
0:15.5	It's a great conversation and if you do enjoy it, remember you can watch all our in-person
0:19.3	events now via livestream on intelligencewhere.com or join us in person if you're based in London
0:24.8	or nearby.
0:25.8	We hope you enjoy it and now let's go to the episode.
0:30.0	Good evening and welcome back.
0:36.5	I'm Hannah Kay, executive producer at Intelligent Squared and this is our first in-person event
0:42.2	since March 2020 and I can't tell you how lovely it is, how lovely it is once again to
0:55.2	be looking at to see your faces.
0:58.5	I'm also to everyone who's watching the livestream and to all of you who've been supporting
1:03.7	us by watching our events online in the last 18 months, it's been a fantastic support
1:09.0	for us and we really couldn't have got by without you in these challenging times.
1:13.0	So thank you very much.
1:14.9	And now I'm going to hand over to our chair.
1:16.9	She is a senior editor at the Economist and host of the Economist Radio podcast.
1:22.2	Please welcome Anne McCampoy.
1:24.2	Thank you.
1:25.2	Thank you, Hannah, very much indeed.
1:35.1	And of course we started with a really small topic, can we fix capitalism?
1:40.9	No point in messing about, we went for the big topic with intelligence at Squared tonight.
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