Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover)

Adults in the room, my battle with the European and American deep establishment, Yanis Varoufakis

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-538) and index

index present

non fiction

Adults in the room

bibliography

989995959

Yanis Varoufakis

my battle with the European and American deep establishment

"After being swept into power with the left-wing Syriza party, Varoufakis attempts to renegotiate Greece's relationship with the EU--and sparks a spectacular battle, with global implications. Varoufakis's new position sends him ricocheting between mass demonstrations in Athens, closed-door negotiations in drab EU and IMF offices, and furtive meetings with power brokers in Washington, D.C. He consults and quarrels with Barack Obama, Emmanuel Macron, Christine Lagarde, the economists Larry Summers and Jeffrey Sachs, and others as he struggles to resolve Greece's debt crisis without resorting to punishing austerity measures. But despite the mass support of the Greek people and the simple logic of his arguments, Varoufakis succeeds only in provoking the fury of Europe's elite. Varoufakis's unvarnished memoir is an urgent warning that the economic policies once embraced by the EU and the White House have failed--and spawned authoritarianism, populist revolt, and instability throughout the Western world"--Book jacket

Part one: Winters of our discontent. Introduction ; Bailoutistan ; They bend their tongues like their bows ; Treading water ; Raging against the dying of the light -- Part two: Invincible spring. It begins ... ; Auspicious February ; The frenzy before the storm ; A moment to savour, darkly ; Unmasked ; Whittling our spring ; Merkel's spell ; The right stuff, foiled ; The cruellest month -- Part three: Endgame. Countdown to perdition ; Adults in the room ; Lions led by donkeys -- Epilogue