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Re:Review of “Adults in the Room” by Yanis Varoufakis by davrosthedalek on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @02:00PM (#14258358)
Indeed. The problem is that populist politicians in "paying" countries can use this as an argument for an EU exit. See Brexit. It's hard to sell to pay billions, especially if stuff like hours/week, retirement age etc. are often nicer in those countries that need the money.
Re:Review of “Adults in the Room” by Yanis Varoufakis by crdoconnor on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @06:20PM (#14260745)
The problem is that the populists are able to make that argument at all. Most establishment politicians in Europe are trying to be as much like Weimar as possible in all the wrong ways (austerity, wage repression, pension slashing, privatizations, etc.).