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An accidental economist Let me begin with a confession: I am a Professor of Economics who has never really trained as an economist. But let’s take things one at a time.

Yanis Varoufakis: Thoughts for the Post-2008 World

Varoufakis leaves finance ministry

(6 Jul 2015) Outgoing Greek Finance Mininster Yanis Varoufakis left the Finance Ministry in Athens on Monday without speaking to the media. Varoufakis quit hours after Greeks voted 'No' in a referendum on creditor bailout terms, and having been in the job for five-months. Varoufakis has said his departure will help ongoing negotiations between Greece and its European creditors. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive...

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Finance minister confronted by angry voter

(5 Jul 2015) An angry voter on Sunday confronted Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, minutes after he cast his vote in the bailout referendum which has split the nation over its future relations with Europe's heavyweights. The man blamed Varoufakis for failing to lead a frugal life, a promise made by left-wing Syriza party that governs the country. Varoufakis told him he would resign should Greeks support conditions tabled by their international creditors for working out a bailout...

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Varoufakis comments ahead of Eurogroup talks

(7 Mar 2015) Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Saturday that his country's government is discussing economic reforms with the eurogroup in a manner that would be "mutually beneficial". "There is no question that we want reforms or will carry out reforms," he said on the sidelines of a conference in Venice. Greece's new radical left government was elected in January on pledges to drastically ease social pain in a barely solvent country ravaged by economic...

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