And the Weak Suffer What They Must?

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And the Weak Suffer What They Must?

Europe, Austerity and the Threat to Global Stability

International institutions Economic and financial crises and disasters Popular economics European history

Author: Yanis Varoufakis

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Language: English

Published by: Vintage Digital

Published on: 7th April 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 666 Kb

ISBN: 9781473545687


THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

The most recognisable economist on the planet, Yanis Varoufakis, puts forth his case to reform an EU that currently fails its weakest citizens.

In this startling account of Europe’s economic rise and catastrophic fall, Varoufakis pinpoints the flaws in the European Union’s design – a design thought up after the Second World War, and one responsible for Europe’s fragmentation and resurgence of racist extremism.

When the financial crisis struck in 2008, the political elite’s response ensured it would be the weakest citizens of the weakest nations that paid the price for the bankers’ mistakes. Drawing on his personal experience of negotiations with the eurozone’s financiers, and offering concrete policies to reform Europe, the former finance minister of Greece shows how we concocted this mess and points our way out of it.

And The Weak Suffer What They Must? highlights our history to tell us what we must do to save European capitalism and democracy from the abyss. With the future of Europe under intense scrutiny after Brexit, this is the must-read book to explain Europe’s structural flaws and how to fix them.

“If you ever doubt what is at stake in Europe - read Varoufakis’s account” Guardian

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