An excoriation of Europe’s elites from a Greek prophet
Non-fiction; And the Weak Suffer ; What They Must?; By Yanis Varoufakis ; Bodley Head, €23
The Bundesbank is the villain. The game played is international one-upmanship to cope with the vast imbalances of money, goods, and people that modern trading nations generate. At the rotten heart of this game is nothing more than the exigencies of power and national self-interest.
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