
About three years ago, Valve hired economist Janis Varufakis to analyze and improve the Steam Market. As far as can be judged, the economist was able to help the company - Valve's indicators are improving from year to year. Now Janis's career, and so successful, has gone steeply uphill: he was appointed
Minister of Finance of Greece .
In this country, as is known, the economic crisis has been raging for many years now, and the huge amounts of money invested in the economy of Greece by the European Union have not yet yielded tangible results. Now Janis Varoufakis will have to prove himself as an anti-crisis manager - the situation in the country is getting worse.
An interesting look Janis on the corporate economy and culture. So, he recently wrote that companies can be compared to oases of planning and discipline in the midst of a huge market space.
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Janis Varoufakis, after being appointed Minister of Finance, needs to quit his previous job, only after that he will be able to fully work as a high-ranking official. The new authorities of Greece promise to the citizens of the country the improvement of living conditions, the renewal of social programs and, in general, all sorts of benefits.
As for
hiring Varufakis to work , Gabe Newell sent his invitation after noticing Varufakis’s article on his own blog. There, the economist talked about the strangeness of uniting such diverse economies as in Germany and Greece.