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Talking to My Daughter About the Economy Yanis Varoufakis

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy By Yanis Varoufakis

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy by Yanis Varoufakis


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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Yanis Varoufakis, the world-renowned economist and #1 bestselling author, uses personal stories and famous myths to explain what economics is and why it has the power to change our world.

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy Summary

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Yanis Varoufakis, the world-renowned economist and #1 bestselling author, uses personal stories and famous myths to explain what economics is and why it has the power to change our world.

Why is there so much inequality? In this intimate and accessible book, world famous economist Yanis Varoufakis sets out to answer his daughter Xenia's deceptively simple question. Drawing on memories of her childhood and a variety of well-known tales - from Oedipus and Faust to Frankenstein and The Matrix -- Talking To My Daughter About the Economy explains everything you need to know in order to understand why economics is the most important drama of our times. It is a book that helps to make sense of a troubling world while inspiring us to make it a better one.

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy Reviews

If you're Left-wing, or even if you have doubts about market economies, you'll love his arguments because they're so easy to understand. If you're on the Right, you'll have a very clear idea of how your cleverest opponents think ... Varoufakis tells all this with exemplary verve ... It's great fun to read ... Varoufakis has started a debate here, and he's done it brilliantly * Evening Standard *
Utterly accessible, deeply humane and startlingly original - a potent democratic tool at the perfect time -- Naomi Klein, author of No Is Not Enough
A provocative, challenging, yet non-patronising analysis of the global economy: what it is, how it came to be and why it can never be apolitical. By using ancient myths, contemporary culture and family stories, Varoufakis makes the text intimate and accessible -- Nigel Jones * Observer *
Experts have often found it easier to hide behind opaque language than to explain complex concepts in simple terms ... Varoufakis wants to smash this barrier: he argues from the outset that if we defer to experts on the economy then we hand over all our most important political decisions to them ... Varoufakis does equip his readers with the beginnings of a new language, and punctures myth after myth -- Anna Minton * Guardian *
Varoufakis's brief history of capitalism unspools with characteristic fluency and verve ... those seeking to better understand the 'black magic' of bankers should look no further * Financial Times *
A stimulating and elegant perspective on market economies. It is accessible but not simplistic ... A superb chapter on banking ... provocative and stylish -- Paschal Donohoe * Irish Times *
One of the most accurate and detailed descriptions of modern power ever written * Guardian on Adults In The Room *
Varoufakis has the greatest political virtues of all - courage and honesty * The Times *
One of my few heroes. As long as people like Varoufakis are around, there still is hope -- Slavoj Zizek
Superbly written ... he was - and is - right -- Martin Wolf, Financial Times, on Adults in the Room
An outstanding economist and political analyst -- Noam Chomsky
Astonishing ... a reflection on the nature and meaning of power in our times * Open Democracy on Adults In The Room *
The Thucydides of our time -- Jeffrey Sachs

About Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis is the author of the bestseller Talking to My Daughter: A Brief History of Capitalism and two previous books, Adults in the Room, a memoir of his time as finance minister of Greece, and an economic history of Europe, And the Weak Suffer What They Must?, both of which were number one bestsellers. Born in Athens in 1961, Yanis Varoufakis 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, since 2019, he is leading its parliamentary party in Greece's Parliament. He is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. yanisvaroufakis.eu / @yanisvaroufakis

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GOR008746763
9781847924445
1847924441
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Vintage Publishing
20171019
224
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