Former Valve economist Yanis Varoufakis quits as finance minister of Greece

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Former Valve economist Yanis Varoufakis has quit as Greek finance minister just six months after taking the job.
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.
He joined Greece's government late 2014 to try to help the country recover from economic crisis, and quickly established a reputation for being a flamboyant and outspoken critic of his country's creditors.
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