His focus is both universal and particular as he takes the continent country by country, city by city, analysing the various issues and cracks that have converged to form the fractures alluded to in the title.Įurope’s problems are many, and the books here do nothing if not acknowledge the daunting breadth and complexity of these problems. Of the books collected here, William Drozdiak’s Fractured Continent is certainly the handiest book for the layman interested in getting a firmer grasp of Europe’s troubled politics. Though the book is a sobering glimpse into the EU’s inner-workings, it is not without humour – Varoufakis is not a pessimist, and his account of his “battle” with the establishment features more irony than malice. Much of this book, as one might imagine, reads as a diatribe against the characters (or villains) who he holds responsible for the state of Greece today, foremost among whom is Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister. In January of that year, Varoufakis was appointed finance minister, only to resign several months after a clash with his government, particularly the president Alexis Tsipras. Following a career in academia, his profile grew immeasurably during the 2015 crisis in Greece that saw the electoral victory of the left-wing Syriza party.
Since the early 2010s, but especially since 2015, Yanis Varoufakis has transformed into a rare species of economist – the rock star economist.
Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe’s Deep Establishment by Yanis Varoufakis: £9.99, Penguin
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