Talking To My Daughter (the Sunday Times Bestseller)
By (author) Varoufakis, Yanis
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By (author) Varoufakis, Yanis; Translated by Moe, Jacob T.
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It''s great fun to read ... Varoufakis has started a debate here, and he''s done it brilliantly
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Utterly accessible, deeply humane and startlingly original – a potent democratic tool at the perfect time
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A provocative, challenging, yet non-patronising analysis of the global economy. By using ancient myths, contemporary culture and family stories, Varoufakis makes the text intimate and accessible
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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 equips his readers with the beginnings of a new language, and punctures myth after myth – anna minton, guardian
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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
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A stimulating and elegant perspective on market economies. It is accessible but not simplistic … A superb chapter on banking ... provocative and stylish
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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
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Utterly accessible, deeply humane and startlingly original – a potent democratic tool at the perfect time
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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
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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
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; Technofeudalism: W
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**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**
Yanis Varoufakis, world renowned economist, writes to his daughter to teach her the hazards of capitalism.
''Why is there so much inequality?'' asked Xenia to her father. Answering her questions in a series of accessible and tender letters, Varoufakis educates her to what economics and capitalism is and why it is so dangerous.
Taking from memories of her childhood and a variety of well-known tales - from Oedipus and Faust to Frankenstein and The Matrix - Varoufakis turns Talking To My Daughter into an enjoyable and engaging read, without ever shying from the harder truths. Greece''s former finance minister explains everything you need to know to understand why economics is the most important drama of our times.
In answering his daughter''s deceptively simple questions, Varoufakis disentangles our troubling world with remarkable clarity and child-like honesty, as well as inspiring us to make it a better one.
''Utterly accessible, deeply humane and startlingly original - a potent democratic tool at the perfect time'' Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine
Review quote:
It''s great fun to read ... Varoufakis has started a debate here, and he''s done it brilliantly
Review quote:
Utterly accessible, deeply humane and startlingly original – a potent democratic tool at the perfect time
Review quote:
A provocative, challenging, yet non-patronising analysis of the global economy. By using ancient myths, contemporary culture and family stories, Varoufakis makes the text intimate and accessible
Review quote:
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 equips his readers with the beginnings of a new language, and punctures myth after myth – anna minton, guardian
Review quote:
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
Review quote:
A stimulating and elegant perspective on market economies. It is accessible but not simplistic … A superb chapter on banking ... provocative and stylish
Review quote:
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
Review quote:
Utterly accessible, deeply humane and startlingly original – a potent democratic tool at the perfect time
Review quote:
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
Review quote:
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
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; Technofeudalism: W
