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apostate

the Bundesbank waiting in the wings to denounce Mario Draghi as an apostate

—p.180 The Reverse Alchemists (146) by Yanis Varoufakis
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parlous

given the bank's parlous state

—p.170 The Reverse Alchemists (146) by Yanis Varoufakis
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troika

with every visitation by the troika, the dream of shared European prosperity was dealt another blow

—p.160 The Reverse Alchemists (146) by Yanis Varoufakis
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but this was not a bailout

But this was not a bailout. Greece was never bailed out. [...] Greece's bailout, then Ireland's, then Portugal's, then Spain's primarily rescue packages for French and German banks.

—p.158 The Reverse Alchemists (146) by Yanis Varoufakis
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German workers could not afford the goods they produced

The result was that German workers, as their share of their employers' profits fell, could not afford the goods they produced. Deprived of domestic demand, surplus German products thus flowed to places like Ireland, Greece and Spain, where demand for them was supported by the loans Franz and his Fr…

—p.156 The Reverse Alchemists (146) by Yanis Varoufakis