Adults In The Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment
May 2017 · Random House
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** The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller**
'One of the greatest political memoirs of all time' Guardian
What happens when you take on the European establishment?
Read as world-famous, provocative economist, and former Greece finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, blows the lid on his battle with EU officials over the Greek debt crisis.
Varoufakis sparked one of the most spectacular and controversial battles in recent political history with his attempt to renegotiate Greece’s relationship with the European Union. Yet despite the mass support of the Greek people, and simple logic of his arguments, he succeeded only in provoking the fury of Europe’s political, financial and media elite.
Exposing the real business taking place behind the EU’s closed doors, Varoufakis reveals all in this fearless, personal account. Adults In The Room is an extraordinary tale of brinkmanship, hypocrisy, collusion and betrayal that will shake the European and economic establishment to its foundations.
Varoufakis is sending out an urgent wake-up call to renew European democracy before it is too late.
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
'One of the greatest political memoirs of all time' Guardian
What happens when you take on the European establishment?
Read as world-famous, provocative economist, and former Greece finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, blows the lid on his battle with EU officials over the Greek debt crisis.
Varoufakis sparked one of the most spectacular and controversial battles in recent political history with his attempt to renegotiate Greece’s relationship with the European Union. Yet despite the mass support of the Greek people, and simple logic of his arguments, he succeeded only in provoking the fury of Europe’s political, financial and media elite.
Exposing the real business taking place behind the EU’s closed doors, Varoufakis reveals all in this fearless, personal account. Adults In The Room is an extraordinary tale of brinkmanship, hypocrisy, collusion and betrayal that will shake the European and economic establishment to its foundations.
Varoufakis is sending out an urgent wake-up call to renew European democracy before it is too late.
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
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November 26, 2017
After falling in love with Greece all over again I was taking particular note of news broadcasts regarding the crisis of 2015. At that time I loathed the risk taking, gamesmanship and wrecklessness of Varoufakis. For some strange reason I was compelled to read this book as the UK is entwined in a bitter negotiation with the EU regarding brexit and I wanted to see who the 'adults' were in '15. If what Varoufakis writes about the EU establishment is only half true, I fear for the UK. He has changed my opinion about his tactics during his time in the ministry and feel that us 'little people' need to remind Euro MP's why they have the job they have. A great albeit disturbing read!
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About the author
Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, political leader and the author of numerous bestselling books: Talking to My Daughter: A Brief History of Capitalism; Adults in the Room, a memoir of his time as finance minister of Greece; an economic history of Europe, And The Weak Suffer What They Must?; and Another Now: Dispatches from An Alternative Present. Born in Athens in 1961, he was for many years a professor of economics in Britain, Australia and the USA before he entered politics. He is co-founder of the international grassroots movement DiEM25 and a Professor of Economics at the University of Athens.
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