Technofeudalism
What Killed Capitalism

Capitalism is dead. The #1 bestselling economist shows how the owners of big tech have become the world's feudal overlords.
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.
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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.

__A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2023__

'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 an amazing piece of work this is. Everyone should read it. 100 out of 100' IRVINE WELSH

Mehr Infos

Leseprobe des Verlags

Pressestimmen:

Socialists have been hotly anticipating the end of capitalism since at least 1848, when Marx and Engels published The Communist Manifesto – but the Manifesto also reminds us that capitalism is only too happy to reinvent itself during its crises, coming back in new forms, over and over again. By Cory Doctorow, originally published by Pluralistic → resilience.org October 5, 2023

Interview: ‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism, Starmer, and the tyranny of big tech. With Carole Cadwallad → The Guardian September 24, 2023

Der Autor:

Yanis Varoufakis, geb. 1961, wurde 2015 Europas bekanntester Finanzminister, als er sich weigerte, für das bankrotte Griechenland neue Schulden aufzunehmen. Seit seinem Rücktritt wurde er zur Galionsfigur der Bewegung Democracy in Europe Movement 25 (DiEM25) für eine Reform der Eurozone. Der international renommierte Wirtschaftswissenschaftler lehrte an Universitäten in England, Australien und den USA und an der Universität in Athen. Zuletzt erschien Die ganze Geschichte – Meine Auseinandersetzung mit Europas Establishment (2017).

→ Der Autor auf Wikipedia

→ Yanis Varoufakis Rede in Kuba: warum wir eine Neue Blockfreie Bewegung aufbauen müssen. 27/01/2023 → diem25

→ Die Homepage von Yanis Varoufakis