Yanis Varoufakis

Compiled Truth

Greek economist, academic, politician. Former Finance Minister of Greece (2015, Syriza government). Founder of DiEM25 (Democracy in Europe Movement 2025). Professor of Economics. Author of multiple books including “Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism” (2023). Publicly supports progressive redistribution and UBI-adjacent policies. Uses the “technofeudalism” frame to describe AI/platform capitalism — relevant to UBI Works automation-and-labour messaging.

[Source: compiled from public record, Scrumban tasks, 2026-04]

Role & Relevance

Cited in UBI Works content on economic inequality and AI. Progressive economist voice supporting basic income frameworks. His “technofeudalism” thesis (AI creates new feudal lords via cloud/data control) directly supports the automation-displacement-UBI case.

Tags: economist, politician, progressive, ubi-ally, technofeudalism

Timeline

• 2026-04 | Referenced in Scrumban tasks: “Yanis Prep Brainstorm”, “Social mobility dead by 2040”, “Yanis Clips” — content being created from his work for UBI Works/Common Wealth campaigns. [Source: Scrumban task list, 2026-04]

See Also

• ubi-works — cited in campaign content
• automation-and-labour — technofeudalism aligns with AI displacement thesis
• universal-basic-income — progressive ally