| And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe's Crisis and America's Economic Future Contributor(s): Varoufakis, Yanis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1478991348 ISBN-13: 9781478991342 Publisher: Nation Books OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy - Political Science | World - European - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.8" W x 5.5" (0.55 lbs) |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In January 2015, Yanis Varoufakis, an economics professor teaching in Austin, Texas, was elected to the Greek parliament with more votes than any other member of parliament. He was appointed finance minister and, in the whirlwind five months that followed, everything he had warned about--the perils of the euro's faulty design, the European Union's shortsighted austerity policies, financialized crony capitalism, American complicity and rising authoritarianism--was confirmed as the "troika" (the European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund, and European Commission) stonewalled his efforts to resolve Greece's economic crisis.Here, Varoufakis delivers a fresh look at the history of Europe's crisis and America's central role in it. He presents the ultimate case against austerity, proposing concrete policies for Europe that are necessary to address its crisis and avert contagion to America, China, and the rest of the world. With passionate, informative, and at times humorous prose, he warns that the implosion of an admittedly crisis-ridden and deeply irrational European monetary union should, and can, be avoided at all cost. |