Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, political leader and the author of numerous bestselling books- Talking to My Daughter- A Brief History of Capitalism; Adults in the Room, a memoir of his time as finance minister of Greece; an economic history of Europe, And The Weak Suffer What They Must?; and Another Now- Dispatches from An Alternative Present. Born in Athens in 1961, he was for many years a professor of economics in Britain, Australia and the USA before he entered politics. He is co-founder of the international grassroots movement DiEM25 and a Professor of Economics at the University of Athens.
What an amazing piece of work this is. Ground-breaking,
thought-provoking and highly accessible. Everyone should read it.
This is where we’re going. The dark, scary, exciting song of our
age. 100 out of 100
*IRVINE WELSH*
An important new book ... that describes what is happening in terms
of an epochal, once-in-a-millennium shift … in Varoufakis's
telling, this isn't just new technology. This is the world
grappling with an entirely new economic system and therefore
political power
*Observer*
Arresting … an ambitious thinker and a lively writer … Varoufakis
is right that we are in thrall to digital platforms, who hold our
data hostage and prevent us from switching to “a competing cloud
fief”
*The Times*
Varoufakis is a remarkable combination of analyst and dreamer… as
always, Varoufakis makes his readers think… an important
achievement
*Financial Times, *Books of the Year**
In his characteristically enthralling style, Varoufakis guides the
reader through some of the most significant trends in the modern
economy, showing clearly how the big tech giants have built an
economy that works for them - and how everyone else can take power
back
*GRACE BLAKELEY*
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, co-author of Inventing the Future*
Compulsive and necessary reading
*KEN LOACH*
What if capitalism died and no one noticed - not even the
capitalists? Digital platforms usurped capitalism and installed
something far worse. This book is an urgent demand to seize the
means of computation
*CORY DOCTOROW*
An incisive critique
*Guardian*
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