Adults in the Room

书名：Adults in the RoomMyBattleWithEurope’sDeepEstablishment
作者：YanisVaroufakis
译者：
ISBN：9781847924469
出版社：BodleyHead
出版时间：2017-5-4
格式：epub/mobi/azw3/pdf
页数：560
豆瓣评分： 8.8

书籍简介：

"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) "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) "A very, very clever person, and in the basic argument about what’s been going on in Europe I think he’s right" (Martin Wolf) "One of my few heroes. As long as people like Varoufakis are around, there still is hope" (Slavoj Žižek) "An outstanding economist and political analyst" (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)

作者简介：

Yanis Varoufakis is the former finance minister of Greece and the author of several international bestselling books. And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe, Austerity and the Threat to Global Stability reveals the underlying problems that led to the Eurozone crisis and its ongoing catastrophic mishandling. Adults In the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment is an explosive memoir that reveals what goes on behind the scenes in Europe's corridors of power. Talking To My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism (forthcoming) explains through vivid stories and easily graspable concepts what economics actually is and why it is so dangerous in the form of a letter to his teenage daughter.

Born in Athens in 1961, Yanis Varoufakis was for many years a professor of economics in Britain, Australia and the USA before he entered government and is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. Since resigning from Greece's finance ministry he has co-founded an international grassroots movement, DiEM25, campaigning for the revival of democracy in Europe and speaks to audiences of thousands worldwide.

yanisvaroufakis.eu / @yanisvaroufakis

书友短评：

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