🔗 Click the following link to get tickets to 'The Econoclasts LIVE' in London on March 23rd: https://unherd.com/econoclastslive 📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y In this week’s Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau engage in a deconstruction of multiple modern economic and geopolitical myths, from Mark Carney’s Davos speech to the shifting power dynamics between Europe and the United States. Was Carney’s much-lauded call for a new multilateral alliance actually a muddled and hypocritical attempt to revive a global order that has already ruptured? And was Europe’s “victory” over Trump with regard to Greenland actually delusional cheerleading, when the declining continent remains trapped by a deep dependency on American technology, the dollar, and security infrastructure? Watch it on the UnHerd website: unherd.com/watch-listen/the-davos-delusion-europes-fake-victory-over-trump/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Advertise on UnHerd @ zoe.white@unherd.com Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // 00:00 - 01:00 – Intro 01:00 - 01:59 – Today’s Topics 01:59 - 04:28 – Mark Carney’s Speech: Hypocrisies and Global Order 04:28 - 06:37 – Proposing a New Alliance & Doubts About US “Public Goods” 06:37 - 09:48 – EU Sovereignty, Integration, and Dependency on America 09:48 - 12:25 – Fiscal Priorities: Welfare vs. Investment 12:25 - 15:17 – Welfare Targeting, Job Market, and Tax Evasion 15:17 - 18:53 – Interest Rates, Inflation, and Economic Models Debate 18:52 - 21:58 – The Limits of Central Banks and the Role of Price Controls 21:58 - 26:41 – Debunking the “EU Victory” over Trump & Greenland 26:41 - 30:00 – Greenland, US Sovereignty, Historical Parallels, and Legacies 30:00 - 34:16 – EU Critique: Cheerleading vs. Constructive Policy Advice 34:16 - 35:00 – EU as Single Market and Wielding Geopolitical Power 35:26 - 39:28 – Dependency on US Dollar & The Need for Independent EU Systems 39:28 - 40:03 – Closing Thoughts #UnHerd #Greenland #MarkCarney