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Saturday, April 18, 2015

How finance minister Yanis Varoufakis became the face of Greece's anti-austerity rebellion

Greece maybe tumbling towards a messy default on its debt, and it may even have to exit the eurozone. But it will do so in style, thanks to Yanis Varoufakis.  The Greek finance minister has taken Europe's economic institutions by storm, found his way onto the front page of every newspaper and (reportedly) into the hearts of plenty of German women.  And he's barely been in politics for four months. Whether you're in awe or loathe him, there's no avoiding Yanis Varoufakis.Before he got into politics, Varoufakis was an academic, and spent some time as chief economist of video game company Valve. Varoufakis only announced he would run for election in January 2015, less than three weeks before the government actually came into power. A few days after the election Varoufakis had an incredibly awkward back-and-forth with Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem, setting the frosty diplomatic tone. See the rest of the story at Business Insider


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