Greek economist and bailout critic claims he will be finance minister

A Greek economist and outspoken bailout critic says in a blog post that he will be sworn in as finance minister under the country’s new left-wing government.

Yanis Varoufakis made the announcement on Tuesday, hours before the new government announced its Cabinet that will be headed by the Syriza party and also likely to include officials from its coalition ally, the anti-bailout and right wing Independent Greeks.