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Varoufakis has written one of the greatest political memoirs of all time [and] one of the most accurate and detailed descriptions of modern power ever written Guardian

'The emerging rock-star of Europe's anti-austerity uprising.' Daily Telegraph 'A spirited book.' New Yorker In this remarkable and provocative book, Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece, explodes the myth that financialisation, ineffectual regulation of banks, greed and globalisation were the root causes of both the Eurozone crisis and the global economic crisis. Rather, they are symptoms of a much deeper malaise which can be traced all the way back to the Great Crash of 1929, then on through to the 1970s: the time when a Global Minotaur was born. Today's deepening crisis in Europe is just one of the inevitable symptoms of the weakening Minotaur; of a global system which is now as unsustainable as it is imbalanced. Going beyond this, Varoufakis reveals how we might reintroduce a modicum of reason into what has become a perniciously irrational economic order. An essential account of the socio-economic events and hidden histories that have shaped the world as we now know it.

Capitalism is dead. The #1 bestselling economist shows how the owners of big tech have become the world's feudal overlords. 'What an amazing piece of work this is. Everyone should read it. 100 out of 100' IRVINE WELSH In his boldest and most far-reaching book yet, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis argues that capitalism is dead and a new economic era has begun. Insane sums of money that were supposed to re-float our economies in the wake of the financial crisis and the pandemic have ended up supercharging big tech's hold over every aspect of the economy. Capitalism's twin pillars - markets and profit - have been replaced with big tech's platforms and rents. Meanwhile, with every click and scroll, we labour like serfs to increase its power. Welcome to technofeudalism. Drawing on stories from Greek Myth and pop culture, from Homer to Mad Men, 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. 'An important new book' Carole Cadwalladr, Observer 'With superb storytelling, Varoufakis shows how capitalism has eaten itself alive' 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

What would a fair and equal society look like? The world-renowned economist and bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis presents his radical and subversive answer. Imagine it is now 2025 and that years earlier, in the wake of the world financial crisis of 2008, a new post-Capitalist society had been born. In this ingenious book, Yanis Varoufakis draws on the greatest thinkers in European culture from Plato to Marx, as well as the great thought-experiments of science fiction, to offer us a dramatic and tantalising glimpse of a brave new world where the principles of democracy, equality and justice are truly embedded in our economy. Through the eyes of three characters - a liberal economist, a radical feminist and a left-wing technologist - we come to see what would be needed to forge such a world but also at what cost. This transformative vision forces each of us to confront the profound questions and trade-offs that underpin all societies- how do we balance freedom with fairness? How do we unleash the best that humanity has to offer without opening the door to the worst? Another Now offers answers to some of the most pressing questions of today. It also challenges us to consider how far we are willing to go in pursuit of our ideals.

How do we choose between what is fair and just, and what our debtors demand of us? Yanis Varoufakis was put in such a dilemma in 2015 when he became the finance minister of Greece. In this rousing book, he charts the absurdities that underpin calls for austerity, as well as his own battles with a bureaucracy bent on ignoring the human cost of its every action. Passionately outspoken and tuned to the voices of the oppressed, Varoufakis presents a guide to modern economics, and its threat to democracy, like no other.

Το 2009 το ελληνικό κράτος πτώχευσε. Ευρώπη και Αθήνα είχαν την επιλογή μεταξύ της Αλήθειας και της Άρνησης. Επέλεξαν την Άρνηση που, για να συντηρείται, απαιτούσε το μεγαλύτερο δάνειο της παγκόσμιας ιστορίας στο πιο πτωχευμένο κράτος, υπό τον όρο ότι θα συρρικνωθεί βάναυσα το εθνικό εισόδημα! Το παράλογο αυτό δάνειο μεταμφιέστηκε ως έκφραση της ευρωπαϊκής... αλληλεγγύης. Στην πραγματικότητα, στόχος του ήταν η κυνική μεταφορά αμύθητων ζημιών από τις τράπεζες στα κράτη, πριν καταλήξουν στους ώμους των πιο αδύναμων εκ των πολιτών.Έτσι οικοδομήθηκε η Μνημονιακή Ελλάδα. Τρία ήταν τα "οικοδομικά υλικά": τοξικά δάνεια, η πλάνη περί μονοδρόμου, και ο φόβος της σύγκρουσης με την Πτωχοτραπεζοκρατία που επιστράτευσε, διατηρώντας τα εν ζωή, τα πτωχευμένα μέσα "ενημέρωσης". Σήμερα, το καθεστώς που οικοδόμησε τη Μνημονιακή Ελλάδα διαρρηγνύει τα ιμάτιά του ότι "το Μνημόνιο τελειώνει". Αν ήταν έτσι, το βιβλίο τούτο, που καταγράφει τη "γένεσή" της μέσα από (ξαναδουλεμένα) κείμενα γραμμένα την περίοδο 2006-14, δεν θα είχε εκδοθεί.