The crisis in Europe is not over - it's getting worse. In this dramatic narrative of Europe's economic rise and spectacular fall, Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece and 'the emerging rock-star of Europe's anti-austerity uprising' (Telegraph), shows that the origins of the recent collapse go far deeper than our leaders are prepared to admit - and that we have done nothing so far to fix them. In 2008, the universe of Western finance outgrew planet Earth. When Wall Street imploded, a death embrace between insolvent banks and bankrupt states consumed Europe. Half a dozen national economies imploded and several more came close. But the storm is far from over...From the aftermath of the Second World War to the present, Varoufakis recounts how the Eurozone emerged not as route to shared prosperity but as a pyramid scheme of debt with countries such as Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain at its bottom. Its woeful design ensured that collapse would be inevitable and catastrophic. But since the hurricane landed Europe's leaders have chosen a cocktail of more debt and harsh austerity rather than reform, ensuring that the weakest citizens of the weakest nations pay the price for the bankers' mistakes, while doing nothing to prevent the next collapse. Instead, the principle of the greatest austerity for those suffering the greatest recessions has led to a resurgence of racist extremism. Once more, Europe is a potent threat to global stability. Drawing on the personal experience of his own negotiations with the Eurozone's financiers and offering concrete policies and alternatives, Varoufakis shows how we concocted this mess and how we can get out of it. And The Weak Suffer What They Must? reminds us of our history in order to save European capitalism from itself.
Yanis Varoufakis is the Professor of Economics at the University of Athens, Visiting Professor at the University of Texas, and Economist-in-residence for Valve Corporation. Born in Athens, 1961, Varoufakis completed his secondary education in Greece before moving to England where he read mathematics and economics at the Universities of Essex and Birmingham. He has taught at various British Universities (Essex, East Anglia, Cambridge, Glasgow), and spent twelve years teaching at the University of Sydney (Australia). Recently, he has emerged as an active participant in the debates over the Global, European and Greek Crises as well as a co-founder of www.vitalspace.org
He was a member of the Parliament of Greece between January and September 2015. He represented the ruling Syriza party and held the position of Minister of Finance for seven months. He voted against the terms of the third bailout package for Greece.
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老实说,这本书的结构设计简直是教科书级别的示范,它打破了传统线性叙事的桎梏,以一种近乎碎片化却又无比严密的方式,将时间线巧妙地交织在一起。初读时,可能会有一点点迷失方向的感觉,仿佛置身于一个巨大的、结构复杂的建筑群中,需要不断地在不同的房间和楼层之间穿梭。但正是这种看似混乱的布局,最终汇聚成一个令人拍案叫绝的整体图景。作者高超的技巧在于,他总能在最恰当的时机抛出一个新的线索,或者回溯到一个看似不相关的旧场景,让读者在“啊,原来如此!”的恍然大悟中,重新审视之前阅读过的一切。这种阅读体验,更像是参与一场需要高度专注力的侦探游戏,而不是被动地接受故事。它对读者的智力参与度要求很高,但回报也是丰厚的,那种解开层层谜团后的满足感,是许多平庸作品无法给予的。
评分这部作品的语言风格,用“冷峻的诗意”来形容或许最为贴切。它没有堆砌华丽辞藻,但每一个词语的选择都像是经过千锤百炼的,精准地嵌入到它应该在的位置,产生出一种独特的张力和回响。我特别留意到作者在描绘环境和氛围时所使用的那些极简主义的笔触,它们寥寥数语,却构建起一个宏大而又令人窒息的世界观。这种叙事上的克制,反而带来了更强烈的冲击力,如同暴风雨来临前的寂静,你知道在平静之下蕴藏着多么可怕的力量。我仿佛能闻到文字中散发出的那种陈旧的气息,感受到那些人物在历史的洪流中挣扎时所承受的重量。它迫使我不断地去思考,文字与现实之间,究竟存在着怎样一种微妙的、常常被我们忽略的关联性。每一次翻页,都像是在揭开一层覆盖在真相之上的灰尘,虽然过程缓慢,但每一次的发现都令人心潮澎湃。
评分这本书的叙事节奏把握得恰到好处,简直像一部精心编排的交响乐。作者似乎对人性深处的幽微和复杂有着近乎偏执的洞察力,使得每一个角色的挣扎与抉择都显得那么真实可信,甚至带着一种令人不安的预言性。我尤其欣赏它在处理道德困境时的那种不动声色的力量,没有刻意的煽情,却能在不经意间击中人心最柔软的部分。读到某些情节时,我甚至不得不放下书本,走到窗边,让冷冽的空气提醒我,这并非仅仅是虚构的文字堆砌,而是某种深刻的、关于存在本身的探讨。文字的密度很高,信息量却处理得极其流畅,初读时或许会感觉需要集中全部注意力去捕捉那些稍纵即逝的细节,但一旦沉浸其中,那种被引导着深入迷宫深处的快感便难以言喻。它不像那种直白的、将所有观点强加于读者的作品,而是更像一位高明的棋手,每走一步都留有余地,让读者自己去填补那些留白之处,从而形成一种强烈的共创体验。这种阅读过程本身,就是一种智力上的享受和对自身认知边界的拓展。
评分我必须承认,这部作品在探讨某些社会议题时,其锐利程度让我感到有些不适,但正是这种不适感,才彰显了它真正的价值。它没有给你提供任何廉价的安慰剂或者容易消化的答案,相反,它像一把冰冷的手术刀,毫不留情地剖开了某些我们习惯性回避的社会肌理和人性弱点。作者似乎对“正义”和“救赎”这两个概念持有一种极其审慎乃至怀疑的态度,他笔下的人物,无论多么努力地想要做出“正确”的选择,最终似乎都逃脱不了某种宿命般的循环。这种深刻的悲观主义色彩,并没有让作品沦为消极的说教,反而因为其彻底的坦诚而具有了一种近乎崇高的力量。它让你在合上书本之后,依然会忍不住去反思:在某些根本性的冲突面前,我们究竟有多少真正的选择权?这份沉甸甸的思考负荷,正是区分优秀作品和平庸之作的关键所在。
评分这本书的另一个亮点在于其对“空间”和“物质性”的细致描摹。作者笔下的每一个场景,不仅仅是故事发生的背景,它们本身仿佛就拥有了独立的生命和记忆。无论是某间布满灰尘的档案室,还是在雨中显得格外模糊的城市街道,这些环境元素都被赋予了强烈的象征意义,与人物的内心世界形成了复杂的互文关系。我甚至能想象出那些场景的真实气味和触感,这种高度的感官沉浸感,是很多只注重情节推进的小说所缺乏的。这种对细节的执着,使得整个故事的质感达到了一个非常高的水准,让读者仿佛不是在阅读,而是在亲身经历和触摸着这个由文字构建的世界。它展现了一种对叙事载体的尊重,即将环境本身视为一个不可或缺的叙述者,与其他角色平等对话。
评分an outspoken left-wing economist incorporates his experience as a short-lived finance minister of greece and puts forth solutions he thinks may start a healing process of a sick and failing capitalist global system in progress, an easy and interesting read
评分an outspoken left-wing economist incorporates his experience as a short-lived finance minister of greece and puts forth solutions he thinks may start a healing process of a sick and failing capitalist global system in progress, an easy and interesting read
评分an outspoken left-wing economist incorporates his experience as a short-lived finance minister of greece and puts forth solutions he thinks may start a healing process of a sick and failing capitalist global system in progress, an easy and interesting read
评分an outspoken left-wing economist incorporates his experience as a short-lived finance minister of greece and puts forth solutions he thinks may start a healing process of a sick and failing capitalist global system in progress, an easy and interesting read
评分an outspoken left-wing economist incorporates his experience as a short-lived finance minister of greece and puts forth solutions he thinks may start a healing process of a sick and failing capitalist global system in progress, an easy and interesting read
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