🔗Go to https://sponsr.is/hypnozio_unherd and use code UNHERD15 to grab 15% off your first subscription with Hypnozio. 📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y This week, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau take aim at two prevailing myths: the widespread belief that Greece’s recovery is a heartwarming success story—a model for debt-laden nations like Germany and the UK—and the soft center-left idea that the EU can “go it alone” and challenge the United States politically and economically. Is Greece’s success real, or just a financial illusion? And is a meaningful decoupling from a tariff-wielding America possible, or is the dream of a strategically independent Europe dead? Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/why-europe-cant-break-free-from-the-us/ Listen to the podcast: plinkhq.com/i/1685475850 Advertise on UnHerd @ zoe.white@unherd.com Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://x.com/Econoclasts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv //TIMECODES// 00:00 - 00:52 - Intro 00:52 - 02:39 - Europe’s Decline and the Greek Recovery Narrative 02:39 - 04:55 - Sponsor 04:55 - 07:26 - Greece’s False Success Story 07:26 - 10:09 - The Real Story 10:09 - 11:33 - Socioeconomic Hardship in Greece 11:33 - 14:41 - A Faulty Role Model for Europe 14:41 - 21:19 - Debt, Austerity, and Innovation Challenges in Europe 21:19 - 24:28 - Investment Crisis and Dependency on the US 24:28 - 25:27 - Two Clashing Economic Narratives 25:27 - 31:56 - Why the EU Remains Dependent on US 31:56 - 35:01 - Attempts at Independence From US 35:01 - 38:08 - Dependence by Design: The Reality of Subservience 38:08 - 39:00 - The Ingredients for a US/EU Decoupling 39:00 - 40:00 - A Plan-less Europe 40:00 - 44:04 - EU Policy Toward Russia and Unintended Consequences 44:04 - 48:04 - The Limits of European Integration and Calls for Radical Change #UnHerd #Greece #EuropeanUnion