The Econoclasts
The Econoclasts is a new podcast from UnHerd hosted by economist Yanis Varoufakis and journalist Wolfgang Munchau. While they don't always agree politically, they are united in one conviction: the consensus is rotten. Mainstream economics has consistently failed to predict the events that shape our world, yet this broken orthodoxy still dominates policy and media. Each week, they choose two pillars of the established orthodoxy — the "settled facts" — and shatter them, cutting through the spin to...
Episodes (161)
The end of Starmer & Trump’s shady Iran scam
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Trump vs. Merz & how London broke Britain
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The dollar's Gulf bail-out & the end of US hegemony
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China's AI war victory & Europe's desperate Russia reunion
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Trump’s Hormuz backlash & Hungary’s revolution illusion
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Iran’s asymmetric victory & Europe’s looming energy shock
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Europe’s Iran delusion & Palantir’s road to extinction
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Econoclasts LIVE: Iran and the New World Disorder
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The West’s Iran crisis: Global recession & Russian revenue
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How Iran exposed the West’s military weakness
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NATO’s hidden agenda & why Europe will fail Ukraine
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Trump’s Iran strikes and the new forever war
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Why Trump will win the tariff war
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Marco Rubio’s new world order & Starmer’s plan to rejoin Europe
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The Starmer-Mandelson-Epstein scandal & Musk’s merger
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Why gold and silver crashed & Trump’s Fed Chair pick
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“This isn’t over”: Trump, Greenland & the Davos delusion
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Europe’s fatal Greenland mistake & China’s real power
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Trump’s war on the Fed & Bulgaria’s Euro disaster
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Venezuela special: Maduro, oil, and Trump’s next target
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2025: The West’s annus horribilis
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Q&A: Germany’s economic death trap & the truth about BRICS
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Greece’s doom loop & why Europe can’t stand up to Trump
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The AI bubble myth & the truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks
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Europe’s identity crisis: Empty values & defence delusion
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Trump’s Ukraine peace plan & the truth about the crypto crash
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Should Labour sack Starmer & will Reeves bankrupt Britain?
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Palantir's secret pact & the Euro's fatal flaw
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China vs. the dollar & Europe's far-Right failure
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Should Europe seize Russian assets? Is a crypto crisis looming?
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Trailer: The Econoclasts
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These Times - Trump: the Multipolar President?
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These Times - The rise of the multipolar world order
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These Times - Trump’s Economic Revolution
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These Times - Trump versus Zelensky and the Wars for Ukraine’s Resources
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These Times - Crisis: Trump, Zelensky and a moment of truth for Starmer
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These Times - The German Election: Friedrich Merz, “Independence” from America,...
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These Times - Trump, Putin and Europe’s Historic Crisis
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These Times - Trump's Tariff War
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These Times - Can Europe Survive Trump?
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These Times - Europe’s Trump Shock
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These Times - Why The Oligarchs Now Back Trump
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These Times - Why Trump Wants Greenland (and more)
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These Times - Who is Elon Musk?
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These Times - The Year of War, Donald Trump and an Ascendant Turkey
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These Times - The Year British Politics Hollowed Out
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These Times - Can Syria Survive?
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These Times - Europe’s Franco-German Crisis: Macron and Scholz Stare Into The Ab...
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These Times - Revolution in Syria
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These Times - Starmer adrift: What future for British politics?
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