Overview

The #1 bestselling economist opens our eyes to the new power that is reshaping our lives and the world No one noticed when capitalism was ... replaced. Perhaps we were too distracted by the pandemic, or the endless financial crises, or the rise of TikTok. But under cover of them all, a new and more exploitative system has been taking hold. Insane sums of money that were supposed to re-float our economies went to big tech instead. Having privatised the internet, big tech has been able to replace capitalism's twin pillars - markets and profit - with its platforms and rents. With every click and scroll, we labour like serfs to increase its power. Welcome to technofeudalism- the new power that is reshaping our lives and the world, and the greatest current threat to social democracy. Drawing on stories from Greek Myth and pop culture, from Homer to Mad Men, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis explains this revolutionary transformation- how it enslaves our minds, how it rewrites the rules of global power and ultimately what it will take overthrow it.

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Author:   Yanis Varoufakis
Publisher:   Vintage Publishing
Imprint:   The Bodley Head Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.502kg
ISBN:  

9781847927279

ISBN 10:   1847927270
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   28 September 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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A book for anybody who wants to understand the mess we're in - and since we're all in this mess, that makes it a book for everybody -- Slavoj Zizek With superb storytelling, Varoufakis shows how capitalism has eaten itself alive, mutating into an entirely different and more dangerous beast, and calls on us to free ourselves from digital serfdom -- Brett Scott, author of Cloudmoney Provocative and accessible, this is sure to be a key touchstone in debates about the future of the global economy -- Nick Srnicek, Kings College London Original, as always ... This is compulsive and necessary reading for all who want to see a better world * Ken Loach * An incisive critique of the current dominant economic model * Guardian * PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR'S PREVIOUS BOOKS -- 'One of the greatest political memoirs of all time * Guardian on Adults in the Room * A landmark work -- BRIAN ENO on Another Now I could not recommend this more -- OWEN JONES on Another Now Visionary in its search for new possibilities and realistic in its embrace of our human nature -- ALFONSO CUARÓN on Another Now PRAISE FOR YANIS VAROUFAKIS -- 'The most interesting man in the world * Business Insider * Varoufakis has the greatest political virtues of all - courage and honesty * The Times * An outstanding economist and political analyst -- NOAM CHOMSKY A very, very clever person -- MARTIN WOLF A brilliant economist * Bloomberg * He writes with great panache ... and in a gripping style * Times Literary Supplement *

An incisive critique of the current dominant economic model, 'technofeudalism', written in the form of a letter from Greece's ex-minister of finance to his late father * Guardian Best Forthcoming Books of 2023 *

Technofeudalism is a book for everybody who wants to understand this mess we are in - and since we are all in this mess, it is simply a book for everybody * Slavoj Zizek * An incisive critique of the current dominant economic model, 'technofeudalism' * Guardian Best Forthcoming Books of 2023 *

An incisive critique of the current dominant economic model, 'technofeudalism' * Guardian Best Forthcoming Books of 2023 *

Author Information

Yanis Varoufakis is the former finance minister of Greece and the author of a memoir, Adults in the Room, and a history, And the Weak Suffer What They Must?, which reveal and explain the catastrophic mishandling of Europe since the financial crisis. Both were number one bestsellers. His latest bestseller is Talking To My Daughter About the Economy- A Brief History of Capitalism. Born in Athens in 1961, Yanis Varoufakis was for many years a professor of economics in Britain, Australia and the USA before he entered government and is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. Since resigning from Greece's finance ministry he has co-founded an international grassroots movement, DiEM25, campaigning for the revival of democracy in Europe and speaks to audiences of thousands worldwide. yanisvaroufakis.eu / @yanisvaroufakis

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