In a revelatory and pathbreaking work, the #1 international bestselling economist opens our eyes to the new power that is reshaping our lives and the world.
Drawing on stories from Greek Myth and pop culture, from Homer to Mad Men, world-famous economist Yanis 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..
Welcome to Technofeudalism: the new power that is reshaping our lives and the world, and the greatest current threat to social democracy.
With every click and scroll, we labour like serfs to increase its power.
Having privatised the internet, big tech has been able to replace capitalism\'s twin pillars - markets and profit - with its platforms and rents.
Insane sums of money that were supposed to re-float our economies went to big tech instead.
But under cover of them all, a new and more exploitative system has been taking hold.
Perhaps we were too distracted by the pandemic, or the endless financial crises, or the rise of TikTok. replaced.
No one noticed when Capitalism was ...
In a revelatory and pathbreaking work, the #1 international bestselling economist opens our eyes to the new power that is reshaping our lives and the world