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[Rafy]

The fate of the Eurozone economy could well be in the hands of a man who once monitored the sales of virtual goods via micro-transactions in video games Dota 2 and Counter-Strike.

Yanis Varoufakis was hired by Valve three years ago to oversee the Steam Market and its fledging economy, and now, as confirmed by Sky News political editor Faisal Islam on 27 January, he is Greece's new finance minister.

In his own words Varoufakis says he was hired by Valve "to forge narratives and empirical knowledge that (a) transcend the border separating the 'real' from the digital economies, and (b) bring together lessons from the political economy of our gamers' economies and from studying Valve's very special (and fascinating) internal management structure."

In a letter to the economist, Valve boss Gabe Newell likened creating a shared currency between real money and the Steam wallet to the problems faced with Greece with the Euro. Varoufakis was intrigued, taking on the consultancy role Newell offered, and now he will be taking his experiences at Valve into a position of incredible importance.

Looks like "The Lord and Savior, GabeN" gave the tools to this guy to save the Greek economy (j/k)

This has me actually very intrigued on what this dude is going to do next. i don't think asking war crimes reparations from Germany is very realistic but then again that was not his idea.

Source: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/greeces-ne...-valves-former-steam-market-economist-1485336
Bankrupt if old.

EDIT: He was working on the micro-transactions marketplace not the actual store from what I understand.

 

[Tesseract]

old news, op

you fucked up

ULTIMATE WARRIOR, OUT

 

[Deleted member 102362]

old news, op

you fucked up

It was a strong possibility before; now it's confirmed. That part's new.

 

[Volimar]

WAIT FOR THE DAILIES YOU (GREEK) BASTARDS!!!

 

[Africanus]

Might I have an article link?

Either way, interesting choice.

Ahh, you added one.

 

[Tesseract]

It was a strong possibility before; now it's confirmed. That part's new.

tesseract fucked up

ULTIMATE WARRIOR, IN

 

[Rafy]

old news, op

you fucked up

ULTIMATE WARRIOR, OUT

I searched, I swear!
Oh well...

 

[Tesseract]

i completely butchered your thread, sorry

 

[zeemumu]

Gonna get that Parthenon for 50% off.

 

[Rafy]

i completely butchered your thread, sorry

No worries man, I actually thought I was toast

 

[Cornballer]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=979553