Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis says in the US even pizza parlours and High Street shops accept bitcoins.

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After almost deleting the original email from Gabe Newell, Yanis Varoufakis accepted the post as in-house economist for gaming software powerhouse Valve Corporation.

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Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis says that the troika's diagnosis of the labor market is "utterly erroneous" and that the greatest challenge for employers is not a lack of cheap labor but a shortage of demand for their products.

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