Valve's economist is the new finance minister of Greece

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The economist who worked at Valve is now the new finance minister of Greece.
Yanis Varoufakis, an economics professor based in Athens, joined Valve in March 2012 as a consultant after Gabe Newell emailed to describe the problems his company ran into as the virtual economies around games such as Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2 saw explosive growth.
"When I read the opening line of the email in question, my finger almost pushed the delete button," Varoufakis said at the time.
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