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64. No, ^^^THAT^^^^

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Mon Jul 6, 2015, 04:25 PM

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Greece's FM resigns as Athens scrambles to avert economic collapse [View all] Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 OP

Welcome to the kabuki that is global finance CincyDem Jul 2015 #1

"He can't be the hero at the end of the show..." Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #7

The idea is to negotiate a better deal, and those w/ whom they are negotiating don't want him cloudythescribbler Jul 2015 #2

"MANY years in the making," including during the time they were Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #3

Thread citing Picketty says a European confernence on all Euro debt is needed as was done post-WW2. freshwest Jul 2015 #6

"European conference on all Euro debt is needed as was done post-WW2..." Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #9

Watch the name Yanis Varoufakis turn up on the board of Goldman Sachs. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #4

^^^This!^^^ Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #5

I wonder if they still held his professorship open TexasTowelie Jul 2015 #8

If he's no better a professor than a finance minister, I doubt it. Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #10

LOL. Have you read any of his books? azmom Jul 2015 #28

No, but now reading about him makes me wonder why he quit. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #40

He isn't going to Goldmans Sachs, that's for sure. azmom Jul 2015 #41

Maybe his leaving was part of a deal. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #42

You have got to be kidding... MrMickeysMom Jul 2015 #63

I was following the American model. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #65

Yep� That sure seems to be our model... MrMickeysMom Jul 2015 #66

He actually sounds like the one who is on the people's side here The bank$ters and rentiers seem jtuck004 Jul 2015 #11

See this thread and the discussion about his "negotiating" tactics... Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #12

Well, if he's SO much on the people's side, such an advocate for the downtrodden, Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #13

so he out-negotiated the Troika's pirahnas. Good on him. magical thyme Jul 2015 #32

As Greece sinks further into the miasma, yeah, good on him. Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #33

a lot of people believed Iceland would go down if they didn't bail out the banksters too. magical thyme Jul 2015 #46

Their respective economic situations are disssimilar. Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #52

so? does that mean they recover via dictatorship? I'm sure if the US has anything to say about it, magical thyme Jul 2015 #56

Sadly, the Greeks have a long and shameful history of Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #57

whereas the Germans have a long and shameful history of torture, mass murder magical thyme Jul 2015 #59

I'd be the first to agree that Germany has much to answer and atone for, not to mention Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #61

No, ^^^THAT^^^^ MrMickeysMom Jul 2015 #64

From what I have seen, you got him wrong. Darb Jul 2015 #14

this, exactly. He brought the Greeks to the point where the government now has political capital magical thyme Jul 2015 #15

See this thread for a discussion of the "admirable" Mr. Varoufakis and his negotiating tactics... Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #18

I don't give a shit about his negotiating tactics. Darb Jul 2015 #22

The Greeks stood by Yanis and their prime minister. Respect azmom Jul 2015 #29

You don't understand something about the OP brentspeak Jul 2015 #30

My wife (an international tax lawyer) says he was a blowhard..: brooklynite Jul 2015 #16

Give your wife a handshake from me...! She called it in one. Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #19

I am sure they were crying like two-year olds that he wouldn't cave to their extortion. Darb Jul 2015 #23

Why would they cry? brooklynite Jul 2015 #25

If there were no consequence to doing that, then why haven't they done it? Darb Jul 2015 #39

rat? no. Now the Troika can "save face" by putting all blame on him magical thyme Jul 2015 #17

Greece will soon be a former member of the Euro-zone...and good riddance. Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #20

MY wife notes that Ireland and Iceland had bad banks but good economies...Greece has neither brooklynite Jul 2015 #24

Short and sweet...that about covers it. Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #26

I'd like to see them leave too, for their own salvation magical thyme Jul 2015 #31

Well, you're in the minority then, 'cause there's this... Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #34

I'd be in the minority if I was a Greek citizen. I'm not, so my opinion is irrelevent. magical thyme Jul 2015 #48

That seems to be working well... Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #50

Well it's not 100% up to Germany. France made it clear they want them in. But it looks like the ECB magical thyme Jul 2015 #55

Their strategic geographic location, especially as the Middle East blows up just next door, Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #58

if the EU throws them out then the EU doesn't get a choice magical thyme Jul 2015 #60

Oh, not to worry, they'll never be thrown out of the EU...unthinkable. Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #62

I suspect Varoufakis knows how ugly it is going to get.. DCBob Jul 2015 #21

Think ya got something there, Bob. A rat, a chicken and a liar.. Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #27

You are getting unhinged now. Just blathering insults. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #36

Mirror, mirror, on the wall... Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #37

Your OP is tendentious. He was forced out by the troika. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #35

That's his exit excuse and cover story...as for the piece itself, you'll have to contact USA Today. Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #38

LOL You are too funny Comrade! azmom Jul 2015 #43

Wait, how could they force him out? Adrahil Jul 2015 #45

What make him a rat specifically? blackspade Jul 2015 #44

That he lied to his Greek constituents? That he played the Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #51

He lied in what way? blackspade Jul 2015 #53

That he pledged to resign only if the YES camp carried the day? Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #54

You've got way too much time on your hands... MattSh Jul 2015 #47

Retired, on a fixed-income pension, paid in and pegged to the euro. Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #49