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TexasTowelie

(111,279 posts)
Wed Jan 28, 2015, 11:06 PM Jan 2015

Greece appoints UT professor as finance minister

AUSTIN -- A visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin was named the finance minster of Greece Tuesday.

Dr. Yanis Varoufakis taught classes at Lyndon B. Johnson's School of Public Affiars. Varoufakis was elected to the Greek Parliament Sunday, and sworn in Tuesday. Varoufakis is known as a distinguished economist, game theorist and analytic philosopher, according to a new release by the LBJ School.

The same day, Greece's new prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, was also sworn in.

In 2008, Greece was hit hard by the global financial crisis. Greece was bailed out in 2010, but had to agree to the terms. Greece's new prime minster, along with Varoufakis, are vocal about not agreeing to the terms of the bailout.

Read more: http://www.kvue.com/story/news/local/2015/01/28/greece-selects-ut-austin-professor-as-finance-minister/22465603/

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Greece appoints UT professor as finance minister (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2015 OP
Damn, wouldn't it be nice to have some liberal economics professors in OUR government? Jackpine Radical Jan 2015 #1
Too bad UT hasn't produced a credible economist since the 70's al_liberal Jan 2015 #2

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
1. Damn, wouldn't it be nice to have some liberal economics professors in OUR government?
Wed Jan 28, 2015, 11:09 PM
Jan 2015

I can think of a few if the Administration is looking for suggestions.

al_liberal

(420 posts)
2. Too bad UT hasn't produced a credible economist since the 70's
Wed Jan 28, 2015, 11:18 PM
Jan 2015

The only thing he has going for him is that he was only a "visiting" professor.

I studied under and earned my Master's Degree in Economics from the original UT (Tennessee) when the program was from the Texas school. What you have there now is bullshit so your accolades are unwarranted.

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