Another Now (dispatches From An Alternative Present)

By (author) Varoufakis, Yanis
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But would we really want it?

Varoufakis''s boundary-breaking new book confounds expectations of what the good society would look like and confronts us with the greatest question: are we able to build a better society, despite our flaws.

''One of my few heroes.
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''I could not recommend this more. If you''re looking for a sense of optimism, a sense of political possibility, this book is very important'' Owen Jones

What would a fair and equal society actually look like?

Imagine a world with no banks. No stock market. No tech giants. No billionaires.

In Another Now world-famous economist, Yanis Varoufakis, shows us what such a world would look like. Far from being a fantasy, he describes how it could have come about - and might yet. But would we really want it?

Varoufakis''s boundary-breaking new book confounds expectations of what the good society would look like and confronts us with the greatest question: are we able to build a better society, despite our flaws.

''A vision of a new society with new ways of thinking is possibly the most important thing an artist can offer at the moment'' Brian Eno


Yanis Varoufakis, Sunday Times bestseller, August 2024

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Combining a provocative thought-experiment with a deeply original sci-fi narrative, this book is both visionary in its search for new possibilities and realistic in its embrace of the complexities of our human nature
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A landmark work ... A vision of a new society with new ways of thinking is possibly the most important thing an artist can offer at the moment
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I am enjoying Yanis Varoufakis''s Another Now. The way we live is not inevitable
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I could not recommend this more. If you''re looking for a sense of optimism, a sense of political possibility, this book is very important
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From @yanisvaroufakis'' sf novel ANOTHER NOW, the absolute best description of the scam of #InvestmentBanking I''ve ever read
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There is something exciting, even invigorating, about envisioning this world alongside Varoufakis ... one finishes Another Now buzzing with a sense of possibility
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Another Now is structurally, ideologically and linguistically an extraordinary work
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I''ve absolutely loved reading [Another Now] ... the second I started reading it, it surprised and intrigued me
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Another Now is not only a marvellously good read - it is a notable addition to the literature of social change
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The reason Varoufakis seems to have captured the imaginations of so many is that his words about the European crisis speak universal truths about democracy, capitalism and social policy
Biographical note:
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.