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7 years, 2 months ago

the globalization of insecure working poverty

[...] his theory that the ‘overgenerous’ European social model was no
longer sustainable and had to be ditched. Comparing the costs to Europe of
maintaining welfare states with the situation in places like India and China,
where no social safety net exists at all, he argued that Europe was losin…

—p.212 Adults in the Room: My Battle with the European and American Deep Establishment Invincible spring (150) by Yanis Varoufakis
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7 years, 2 months ago

the globalization of insecure working poverty

[...] his theory that the ‘overgenerous’ European social model was no
longer sustainable and had to be ditched. Comparing the costs to Europe of
maintaining welfare states with the situation in places like India and China,
where no social safety net exists at all, he argued that Europe was losin…

—p.212 Invincible spring (150) by Yanis Varoufakis
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7 years, 2 months ago

the last time Greece posted a trade surplus

[...] Since 2010 the troika had been promising the Greeks that the silver lining to the cloud of wage cuts would be a growth in exports, as the reduction in the costs to business within Greece would increase its competitiveness. By the end of 2014 the troika and the government were on an I-told-you…

—p.128 Winters of our discontent (6) by Yanis Varoufakis
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pensions are the main source of income

There are 10 million Greeks living in Greece (falling fast due to emigration), organized in around 2.8 million households with a ‘relationship’ with the tax authorities.

Of those 2.8 million households, 2.3 million (and 3.5 million tax file numbers) have a debt to the tax authorities that they c…

—p.127 Winters of our discontent (6) by Yanis Varoufakis
You added a note
7 years, 2 months ago

pensions are the main source of income

There are 10 million Greeks living in Greece (falling fast due to emigration), organized in around 2.8 million households with a ‘relationship’ with the tax authorities.

Of those 2.8 million households, 2.3 million (and 3.5 million tax file numbers) have a debt to the tax authorities that they c…

—p.127 Winters of our discontent (6) by Yanis Varoufakis