''On July 4th, the night before a referendum asked the Greek people to
decide how far their debt-ridden government should accommodate the
demands of its main creditors—the “troika” of the European Union, the
European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund—Yanis
Varoufakis, the country’s minister of finance, sat outdoors at an Athens
restaurant, wearing a T-shirt with an outline of Texas on the front. In
January, Varoufakis, an economist who had been teaching at the
University of Texas at Austin, abruptly entered Greek politics, becoming
the public face of the country’s defiant negotiations with European
leaders. After months of fatigue, he had slept for much of the day, and
he was in a good mood. Varoufakis, who is fifty-four, had the peace of
mind of someone who was certain of an election result and already
savoring the satisfactions to follow..''
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