<story><title>Review of “Adults in the Room” by Yanis Varoufakis</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/03/yanis-varoufakis-greece-greatest-political-memoir</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>IslaDeEncanta</author><text>Varoufakis is a hero to the international working class. His most recent book before this one is also excellent.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mc32</author><text>He&amp;#x27;s an interesting guy no doubt, but accounts tell us he was just doing his job.  When he went to Germany and tried to force their hands by feigning he might grexit, to his amazement the private response was more or less, how can we help you gtecit?  Despite appearances, he did not want grexit and was a ploy to get better terms, but the ecb had already discounted Greece.&lt;p&gt;At least he tried, for sure.</text></comment>
<story><title>Review of “Adults in the Room” by Yanis Varoufakis</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/03/yanis-varoufakis-greece-greatest-political-memoir</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>IslaDeEncanta</author><text>Varoufakis is a hero to the international working class. His most recent book before this one is also excellent.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pif</author><text>Why? What did he do, apart from letting the Greeks believe they could choose not to refund the debt?</text></comment>