Varufakis Janis: Ima li ovdje odraslih?

Janis Varoufakis: Are there any adults here?

At the beginning of 2015, the David of European politics and economics, tiny Greece, burdened with debts and corruption, chose a leadership that was supposed to represent it with dignity before the Goliath of the new European technocracy - the "troika" (the European Central Bank, the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund). These institutions blackmailed the newly elected Greek politicians that, if they do not accept the third loan package in a row (bailout), they will practically find themselves on the threshold of the famous Grexit, the exit from the eurozone, and consequently, possibly from the European Union.
Janis Varufakis, known to Croatian readers for the books What I told my daughter about the economy, The Global Minotaur and Suffer what you have to do?, describes the agonizing negotiations to save the Greek economy in this tragedy whose end is in advance familiar, but nonetheless reads like a tense thriller. At the same time, he unreservedly presents all the details that European politicians and officials of umbrella economic institutions have said behind closed doors, not caring how bad it will sound when one day one of the participants decides to write a book about these events. it does nothing about it. The European establishment, tightly connected to the mainstream media, portrayed the rise of Syriza and the officials of the newly elected government as radical left ideologues unwilling to face their obligations and responsibilities, which was summed up by the president of the mmf, Christine Lagarde, in her statement that the negotiations could not continue without "grown-up people". Officials of the troika and other European institutions that put pressure on the newly elected Greek government have shown what happens when 'adults' who are unable to admit the mistakes of their own doctrine take over, and Varoufakis has only to expose that world and shed light on the circumstances under which change was not possible. restoration of democracy in Europe. He is the author of the international bestseller Put up with what you have to? The history of the European Union and its future (Sandorf, 2016). What I told my daughter about economics was one of the best-selling books in Croatia in 2015, also published by Sandorf. He was born in Athens in 1961 and for years was a professor of economics in Britain, Australia and the US before entering the Greek government. He is currently a professor of economics at the University of Athens, where he returned after leaving the government.