Preface : the red blanket -- And the weak suffer what they must -- An indecent proposal --Troubled pilgrims -- Trojan horse -- The one that got away -- The reverse alchemists -- Back to the future -- Europe's crisis, America's future -- Afterword : from dissonance to harmony

Varoufakis sparked one of the most spectacular and controversial battles in recent political history when, as finance minister of Greece, he attempted to re-negotiate his country's relationship with the EU. Despite the mass support of the Greek people and the simple logic of his arguments, he...