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11. It certainly can be a rocky ride, but he is not about leaving the EU, which is brilliant beyond

Reply to libdem4life (Reply #9)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 07:48 PM

Feb 2015

words. In fact, he sees the folly in letting the EU die, but does Germany see that? It's a big game of chicken.

I always come back to slow road vs. fast road...I have no doubt the slow road is best, but we need to take that road, how rocky it is will be determined by Greece (or rather Germany) and what happens next.

It is really in the hands of Germany, and he seems to be forcing them to oust Greece or offer alternatives. He is looking for cooperation of a united EU...it's sublime....

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Yanis Varoufakis: The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the Global Economy [View all] mother earth Feb 2015 OP

He knows his history, I wonder how he got that Volcker memo /nt jakeXT Feb 2015 #1

Eye Opening cantbeserious Feb 2015 #2

That was interesting thanks. zeemike Feb 2015 #3

He has a Ted talk where he outlines his vision for the EU. He is a man much needed at this time, mother earth Feb 2015 #5

Also, he had a talk somewhere introduced by Richard Wolf. Thanks for this link. libdem4life Feb 2015 #8

He is seriously making waves. Why? Hmmm....could it be because we are all suffering at the hands mother earth Feb 2015 #10

Couldn't find it, but found this small news site and am impressed at how this is getting some libdem4life Feb 2015 #12

I wonder if it is the BBC interview posted at his site? The reporter was rude, but in spite of that mother earth Feb 2015 #13

OMG...the 100th Monkey...hopefully this qualifies ! libdem4life Feb 2015 #14

http://www.renewamerica.com/images/columns/13/130219cobb.jpg blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #4

This guy is amazing...no wonder is a professor. He has a gift of making huge conceptual subjects libdem4life Feb 2015 #6

It's all coming home, isn't it? I have optimism I didn't have before I started listening, mother earth Feb 2015 #7

Hopefully, there can be a soft landing, but....I'd not bet too much on it. Think it's going to be libdem4life Feb 2015 #9

It certainly can be a rocky ride, but he is not about leaving the EU, which is brilliant beyond mother earth Feb 2015 #11