Good for you. I am sure that made you feel a lot better. For starters, delusional may imply mental illness but its primary definition is to hold false or unre

Good for you. I am sure that made you feel a lot better. For starters, delusional may imply mental illness but its primary definition is to hold false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions. That clearly describes the Syriza government. Trained monkeys is a figure of speech to imply that economists have little place at the negotiation table until they are called upon to produce a fact or table that is required, often to create such a fact or table even if it is not supported by the data. Whether or not they have the capacity for reasoning is completely superfluous to their role in the discussion, they are window-dressing and nothing more. It is my _opinion_ that Varoufakis has been primarily interested in making sure that he emerges from this sorid affair as he went in, a 'rebellious rock-star' who can assure himself of at least a decade of speaking gigs and punditry while the rest of his country crumbles. Nice work for a mid-grade academic. I am sure the book describing how none of this is his fault and if only they had listened to him everything would have worked out just fine (and the 'elites' would have gotten what they deserve, etc.) is due to be published any day now.