Adults In The Room My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment
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Biographical note
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.Varoufakis has written one of the greatest political memoirs of all time [and] one of the most accurate and detailed descriptions of modern power ever written
Guardian
An important, terrifying must-read. In particular, it anatomises the way in which EU leaders operate with a brutal clarity … shocking and ultimately tragic … He gets to the heart of their failure more acutely than anyone … Varoufakis has the greatest political virtues of all – courage and honesty
The Times
A tremendously indiscreet account … drawing upon his own audio recordings and diaries of top-level meetings. It is deeply personal and very well written
Financial Times
The most jaw-dropping segments are the accounts of phone calls and closed-door meetings – often verbatim, courtesy of his secret recordings – between ministers and technocrats ... We see duplicity and cynicism ruling supreme .. A convincing critique ... Our own government should take note
Daily Telegraph
This is a superbly written account of the struggle to alleviate the austerity imposed upon the Greek people by the eurozone. Greece, argues Varoufakis, has been put in a debtors’ prison and robbed of autonomy and dignity for the indefinite future. Critics would argue that he failed as finance minister in 2015 because he was insufficiently politic. More plausibly, he could never have succeeded, such were the vested interests arrayed against him. This outcome was — and is — a tragedy, because he was — and is — right. The bulk of Greek debt should indeed be cancelled outright. Read and weep
- Martin Wolf, Financial Times Summer Reads,
Astonishing … not simply a political biography but a reflection on the nature and meaning of power in our times … This really is an important book … you should read it … This book could be a game changer if it shakes we the people from our compliant slumber as passengers within the sinking ship of contemporary high power
Open Democracy
Riveting … an extraordinary account of low cunning at the heart of Greece’s 2015 financial bailout … Admirably, he eschews denunciations, finding the human in his adversaries, even in his darkest moments
Observer
A blistering account ... should be required reading for David Davis and the government’s Brexit negotiating team
Scotsman
A fascinating reveal on the hidden world of what he calls the "deep establishment"… Varoufakis is a master of clarity and, as Theresa May prepares to steer the good ship GB through the dangerous shoals of Brexit, this is an invaluable account of how the political establishment really works
City AM
One of my few heroes. As long as people like Varoufakis are around, there still is hope
- Slavoj Žižek,
Together with Bernie Sanders, Varoufakis is the only other honest politician around
- Noam Chomsky,
The most interesting man in the world
Business Insider
The Thucydides of our time
- Jeffrey Sachs,
A brilliant economist
Bloomberg
Few finance ministers have such a talent for economics as Yanis Varoufakis
- Joseph Stiglitz,
It is important to take note of the ideas that Varoufakis continues to espouse … the essence of [his] agenda was – and remains – largely correct
- Mohamed El-Erian,
A global celebrity
Economist
His words about the European crisis speak universal truths about democracy, capitalism and social policy
Guardian
Timely and important
Big Issue
Timely and important
Big Issue
A whistle-blowing memoir that doubles as a penetrating analysis of the eurozone crisis, one caused in Varoufakis’s view by the stubbornness and ideological dogmatism of what he calls Europe’s “deep establishment.” As Britain prepares to enter exit negotiations with the EU, many will turn to this book for insights… Adults in the Room has a fly-on-the-wall quality that makes it a captivating read
- Chris Bickerton, Prospect
Passionate, indiscreet and forceful revenge on the smug elite of the European Union
- Colm Tóibín, Irish Times
Varoufakis’ book… should be required reading for anyone who believes that a Brexit outcome satisfactory to the UK is likely
- Richard Joyner, Times Higher Education
Outstanding
- William Hague, Daily Telegraph