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Yanis Varoufakis: Live at Politics and Prose
Yanis Varoufakis: Live at Politics and Prose
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68 minutes
Released:
Jun 1, 2018
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In his eye-opening memoir, Adults in the Room, Varoufakis, Greece’s former Finance Minister, recounts his frustrating struggle to resolve Greece’s debt crisis without resorting to austerity measures. His book give us a valuable inside look at discussions with officials of the European Union and International Monetary Fund as well as with policy makers in Washington and other capitals. Founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, an international grassroots organization dedicated to restoring democracy to Europe, Varoufakis as a father is all too aware of the legacy today’s fraught economic policies will leave to the next generation. Couched as a series of fatherly letters, Talking to My Daughter about the Economy is an accessible primer on the history, elements, ideals, and problems of economics, including issues of inequality, climate change, and the chronic risk of global instability.https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780374538057https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780374272364Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Jun 1, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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Yanis Varoufakis: Live at Politics and Prose: On this episode of Live at Politics and Prose, Yanis Varoufakis discusses his books Adults in the Room and Talking to my Daughter About the Economy by Live at Politics and Prose