Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

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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 all those cute cats on TikTok. But under cover of them all, a new and more exploitative system has been taking hold- technofeudalism. Drawing on stories from Greek Myth and pop culture, from Homer to Mad Men, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis explains this game-changing transformation and how it holds the key to understanding our times.

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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, 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

Author Bio

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.