Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.comID: 303541Title: Adults in the Room: My Battle with the European and American Deep EstablishmentAuthor: Yanis VaroufakisNarrator: Leighton PughFormat: UnabridgedLength: 20:16:58Language: EnglishRelease date: 10-03-17Publisher: Macmillan AudioGenres: Business & Economics, Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics, Global PoliticsSummary:'Leighton Pugh narrates this work as if it were an unsolved mystery...In a voice of nuanced emotion, Pugh creates muted characters to paint a vivid picture of what the author was up against as he tried to save his country.' AudioFile MagazineA Number One Sunday Times Bestseller transformed into an illuminating, dynamic audiobook.What happens when you take on the establishment? In Adults in the Room, renowned economist and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis gives the full, blistering account of his momentous clash with the mightiest economic and political forces on earth.After being swept into power with the leftwing Syriza party, Varoufakis attempts to re-negotiate Greeces relationship with the EUand sparks a spectacular battle with global implications. Varoufakiss new position sends him ricocheting between mass demonstrations in Athens, closed-door negotiations in drab EU and IMF offices, and furtive meetings with power-brokers in Washington, DC. He consults and quarrels with Barack Obama, Emmanuel Macron, Christine Legarde, the economists Larry Summers and Jeffrey Sachs, and others, as he struggles to relieve Greeces debt crisis without resorting to punishing austerity measures. But, despite the mass support of the Greek people and the simple logic of Varoufakiss arguments, he succeeds only in provoking the fury of Europes elite.Varoufakiss unvarnished memoir is an urgent warning that the economic policies once embraced by the EU and the White House have failedand spawned authoritarianism, populist revolt, and instability throughout the Western world.Adults in the Room is an extraordinary tale of brinkmanship, hypocrisy, collusion, and betrayal that will shake the global establishment to its foundations.A must-listen for anyone interested in current events and the delicate web of global economics.Contact: [email protected]

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