"Yanis Varoufakis entered public consciousness as the academic in a leather jacket who briefly became Greece's finance minister in 2015. For having the temerity to lecture his creditors on the folly of austerity, he was treated as the villain of the piece. Yet for all his swagger, he has always been a surprisingly sober thinker: Keynesian at heart, internationalist in instinct,"
"His latest book, the 10th since 2010, departs from his usual sober fare. This time, he offers a collective portrait of five unyielding women in his life who, in their different ways, thumbed their noses at patriarchy and autocracy. Written after thugs beat him up in 2023 in what he described as a brazen fascist attack, this is a therapeutic enterprise that doubles as a counter-history of postwar Greece."
A former finance minister and academic became widely known as the leather-jacketed figure who opposed austerity in 2015. He combines Keynesian instincts with internationalism and criticises dollar hegemony and Fortress Europe while defending the precariat and refugees. A recent project departs from his usual political writing to profile five unyielding women who resisted patriarchy and autocracy. The work followed a 2023 assault he described as a fascist attack and functions as both personal therapy and counter-history of postwar Greece. Portraits include his mother Eleni, her brother Panayis, and his paternal grandmother Anna, each radicalised by historical circumstances.
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