Yes, it's _that_ Yanis Varoufakis.

Past discussions:

2019 (55 points, 13 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18952479

2012 (108 points, 23 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4147544

Super interesting seeing comments on the 2012 post from folks working on Path of Exile, particularly given that they’ve stuck to their guns with the economy design for the sequel.