# Germany’s historic humiliation & Britain's financial trap

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Podcast: [The Econoclasts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-econoclasts-6347002)
Published: 2026-06-09T23:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau debunk conventional wisdom by analysing Germany’s shocking UN Security Council voting failure as a symptom of its diplomatic hubris and international unpopularity, while tearing down the illusion of British sovereignty to reveal how the United Kingdom has become a financial vassal completely trapped by its dependence on leveraged American capital. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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