YANIS VAROUFAKIS

Famous for being the Minister of Finance in Greece during the worst crisis with the government of Tsipras. He was a headline success because he went to work on a motorbike and he came from working in the video-games sector. 

Essentially, he is a very experienced and interesting Economics professor, who is also an author and a speaker. His main argument is that economics should be explained in a manner that even a child could understand them, which is part of the reason why he is so interesting and so widely appreciated.