{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/644d3eb26d7c8a0011cf2a0b/69010595aee65e114adbb9c8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Should Europe seize Russian assets? Is a crypto crisis looming?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/644d3eb26d7c8a0011cf2a0b/1761672715091-4c5ca0bc-e2f7-437a-9be7-290cf7ec8ed3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this first episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau debunk two failed economic orthodoxies shaping our world. First, they dismantle the narrative that Europe is helping Ukraine - and striking a powerful blow against Russia - by raiding Russia’s frozen assets. More than this being legally questionable, is it also economically and geopolitically self-defeating? Next, they expose the \"battle\" between central banks and anti-establishment crypto rebels as a false choice, revealing it as a dangerous illusion that serves the powerful. Far from being revolutionary, are stablecoins turbo-charging financial instability for the next global crash?</p>","author_name":"UnHerd"}