{"product_id":"book-cavw","title":"Adults in the Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Leighton Pugh narrates this work as if it were an unsolved mystery...In a voice of nuanced emotion, Pugh creates muted characters to paint a vivid picture of what the author was up against as he tried to save his country.\" —\u003ci\u003e AudioFile Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Number One \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller transformed into an illuminating, dynamic audiobook.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens when you take on the establishment? In \u003ci\u003eAdults in the Room\u003c\/i\u003e, renowned economist and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis gives the full, blistering account of his momentous clash with the mightiest economic and political forces on earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter being swept into power with the leftwing Syriza party, Varoufakis attempts to re-negotiate Greece’s relationship with the EU—and sparks a spectacular battle with global implications. Varoufakis’s new position sends him ricocheting between mass demonstrations in Athens, closed-door negotiations in drab EU and IMF offices, and furtive meetings with power-brokers in Washington, DC. He consults and quarrels with Barack Obama, Emmanuel Macron, Christine Legarde, the economists Larry Summers and Jeffrey Sachs, and others, as he struggles to relieve Greece’s debt crisis without resorting to punishing austerity measures. But, despite the mass support of the Greek people and the simple logic of Varoufakis’s arguments, he succeeds only in provoking the fury of Europe’s elite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVaroufakis’s unvarnished memoir is an urgent warning that the economic policies once embraced by the EU and the White House have failed—and spawned authoritarianism, populist revolt, and instability throughout the Western world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdults in the Room\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary tale of brinkmanship, hypocrisy, collusion, and betrayal that will shake the global establishment to its foundations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA must-listen for anyone interested in current events and the delicate web of global economics. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49382508134704,"sku":"BDcavw","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/122888-cavw-Square.jpg?v=1735046664","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cavw","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}