Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, political theorist and journalist. In Paris he met his lifelong friend and collaborator, Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), the son of a Manchester factory owner and author of groundbreaking essays on the social conditions of the working class in Britain.
Yanis Varoufakis is an economist and academic, a bestselling author, and the former finance minister of Greece. He is a co-founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. His books include And the Weak Suffer What They Must? and Talking to My Daughter About the Economy.