Adults In The Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment - Softcover

Varoufakis, Yanis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847924468 ISBN 13: 9781847924469

Verlag: Random House Uk, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

What happens when you take on the establishment? In this blistering, personal account, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis blows the lid on Europe's hidden agenda and exposes what actually goes on in its corridors of power. Varoufakis sparked one of the most spectacular and controversial battles in recent political history when, as finance minister of Greece, he attempted to re-negotiate his country's relationship with the EU. Despite the mass support of the Greek people and the simple logic of his arguments, he succeeded only in provoking the fury of Europe's political, financial and media elite. But the true story of what happened is almost entirely unknown - not least because so much of the EU's real business takes place behind closed doors. In this fearless account, Varoufakis reveals all: an extraordinary tale of brinkmanship, hypocrisy, collusion and betrayal that will shake the deep establishment to its foundations. As is now clear, the same policies that required the tragic and brutal suppression of Greece's democratic uprising have led directly to authoritarianism, populist revolt and instability throughout the Western world. Adults In The Room is an urgent wake-up call to renew European democracy before it is too late.

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Críticas:

"Varoufakis has written one of the greatest political memoirs of all time [and] one of the most accurate and detailed descriptions of modern power ever written" (Guardian)

"A very, very clever person, and in the basic argument about what’s been going on in Europe I think he’s right" (Martin Wolf)

"One of my few heroes. As long as people like Varoufakis are around, there still is hope" (Slavoj Žižek)

"An outstanding economist and political analyst" (Noam Chomsky)

"The most interesting man in the world" (Business Insider)

Biografía del autor:

Yanis Varoufakis is the former finance minister of Greece and now the figurehead of an international grassroots movement, DiEM25, campaigning for the revival of democracy in Europe. He speaks to audiences of thousands worldwide and is the author of the international bestseller And the Weak Suffer What They Must? Born in Athens in 1961, he was for many years a professor of economics in Britain, Australia and the USA before he entered government. He is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Athens.

yanisvaroufakis.eu / @yanisvaroufakis

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Random House Uk
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1847924468
• ISBN 13: 9781847924469
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208