Yanis Varoufakis

El capitalismo ha muerto y el sistema que lo reemplaza no es mejor Las dinámicas tradicionales del capitalismo ya no gobiernan la economía. Lo que ha matado a este sistema es el propio capital y los cambios tecnologicos acelerados de las ultimas dos decadas, que, como un virus, han acabado con su huesped. Esta es la principal conclusion a la que ha llegado el prestigioso economista Yanis Varoufakis tras años de estudio dedicados a desentrañar el origen y la transformacion del sistema economico mundial. Los dos pilares en los que se asentaba el capitalismo han sido reemplazados: los mercados, por plataformas digitales que son autenticos feudos de lasbig tech; el beneficio, por la pura extraccion de rentas. A partir de esta observacion, confirmada por la crisis de 2008 y la provocada por la pandemia, Varoufakis ha desarrollado su teoria del tecnofeudalismo, segun la cual los nuevos señores feudales son los propietarios de lo que llama capital de la nube, y los demas hemos vuelto a ser siervos, como en el medievo. Es este nuevo sistema de explotacion lo que esta detras del aumento de la desigualdad. Sirviendose de ejemplos que van desde la mitologia griega y Mad Men hasta las criptomonedas y los videojuegos, este libro ofrece un arsenal analitico de valor inestimable para poder esclarecer la confusa realidad socioeconomica actual. Comprender el mundo que nos rodea es el primer paso para poder tomar el control, quiza por primera vez, de nuestro destino colectivo.

What an amazing piece of work this is. Ground-breaking, thought-provoking and highly accessible. Everyone should read it. The dark, scary, exciting song of our age. 100 out of 100 IRVINE WELSHCapitalism is dead. Welcome to technofeudalism.In his boldest and most far-reaching book, the visionary economist and number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis shows how the owners of big tech became the world's feudal overlords replacing capitalism with a fundamentally new system that enslaves our minds, defies democracy and rewrite the rules of global power.But as Varoufakis also reveals, technofeudalism contains new opportunities to thwart and overturn it, bringing into focus more clearly than ever the revolution we need to escape our digital prison.

¿Es posible una alternativa al mundo capitalista?Estamos en 2025. Hace años, tras la crisis financiera global de 2008, nació una nueva sociedad poscapitalista, un mundo nuevo y valiente en el que los principios de la democracia, la igualdad y la justicia estan verdaderamente arraigados en la economia.En su nuevo libro, Yanis Varoufakis, uno de los lideres politicos, economicos y morales de nuestro tiempo, nos ofrece una vision fascinante y agil de esta realidad alternativa. Y lo hace recurriendo a los pensadores mas importantes de la cultura europea, de Platon a Marx, asi como a los experimentos mentales de la ciencia ficcion. A traves de los ojos de tres personajesun economista liberal, una feminista radical y una experta en tecnologia de izquierdasentenderemos lo que es necesario para crear ese mundo, pero tambien cual es el coste de hacerlo.Una vision transformadora que nos obliga a enfrentarnos a las preguntas ytrade-offs que fundamentan todas las sociedades: ¿como encontrar un equilibrio entre libertad y justicia? ¿Como potenciar lo mejor que puede ofrecer la humanidad sin abrir la puerta a lo peor?Otra realidad responde a algunas de las preguntas mas urgentes de la actualidad sobre el capitalismo, la democracia y la justicia social. Pero tambien nos desafia a considerar hasta donde estamos dispuestos a llegar para lograr nuestros ideales.La razon por la que Varoufakis parece haber captado la imaginacion de tantas personas es que sus palabras sobre la crisis europea hablan de verdades universales sobre la democracia, el capitalismo y las politicas sociales.The GuardianOtra realidad no es solo una lectura maravillosa; es una notable incorporacion a la bibliografia sobre el cambio social.The WireHay algo excitante, incluso estimulante, en imaginar este mundo junto a VaroufakisOtra realidad se termina con el rumor de posibilidad.The MonthlyOtra realidad es estructural, linguistica e ideologicamente un trabajo extraordinario.Zoe Williams, columnista, periodista y autora galesa

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 JonesWhat 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

Why is there so much inequality? In this intimate and accessible book, world famous economist Yanis Varoufakis sets out to answer his daughter Xenia's deceptively simple question. Drawing on memories of her childhood and a variety of well-known tales - from Oedipus and Faust to Frankenstein and The Matrix -- Talking To My Daughter About the Economy explains everything you need to know in order to understand why economics is the most important drama of our times. It is a book that helps to make sense of a troubling world while inspiring us to make it a better one

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Este não é um livro qualquer sobre a Europa e sua crise econômica. Trata-se de um livro que nos convida a partilhar da perspectiva de quem esteve nos bastidores dos acontecimentos históricos e, ao me

O que acontece quando você vai contra o establishment? Nesse relato contundente e pessoal, Yanis Varoufakis, o economista dissidente que se tornou um ícone mundial antiausteridade, conta como travou

In January 2015, Yanis Varoufakis, an economics professor teaching in Austin, Texas, was elected to the Greek parliament with more votes than any other member of parliament. He was appointed finance minister and, in the whirlwind five months that followed, everything he had warned about--the perils of the euro's faulty design, the European Union's shortsighted austerity policies, financialized crony capitalism, American complicity and rising authoritarianism--was confirmed as the "troika" (the European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund, and European Commission) stonewalled his efforts to resolve Greece's economic crisis.Here, Varoufakis delivers a fresh look at the history of Europe's crisis and America's central role in it. He presents the ultimate case against austerity, proposing concrete policies for Europe that are necessary to address its crisis and avert contagion to America, China, and the rest of the world. With passionate, informative, and at times humorous prose, he warns that the implosion of an admittedly crisis-ridden and deeply irrational European monetary union should, and can, be avoided at all cost.

What happens when you take on the establishment? In this blistering, personal account, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis blows the lid on Europe's hidden agenda and exposes what actually goes on in its corridors of power. Varoufakis sparked one of the most spectacular and controversial battles in recent political history when, as finance minister of Greece, he attempted to re-negotiate his country's relationship with the EU. Despite the mass support of the Greek people and the simple logic of his arguments, he succeeded only in provoking the fury of Europe's political, financial and media elites. But the true story of what happened is almost entirely unknown - not least because so much of the EU's real business takes place behind closed doors. In this fearless account, Varoufakis reveals all: an extraordinary tale of brinkmanship, hypocrisy, collusion and betrayal that will shake the deep establishment to its foundations. As is now clear, the same policies that required the tragic and brutal suppression of Greece's democratic uprising have led directly to authoritarianism, populist revolt and instability throughout the Western world.Adults In The Room is an urgent wake-up call to renew European democracy before it is too late

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" (Evening Standard)"Utterly accessible, deeply humane and startlingly original a potent democratic tool at the perfect time" (Naomi Klein, author of No Is Not Enough)"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" (Nigel Jones Observer)"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" (Anna Minton Guardian)

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 WELSHIn 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 A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR An epochal once in a millennium shift this isn t just new technology This is the world grappling with an entirely new economic system and therefore political power Carole Cadwalladr Observer With superb st

O capitalismo está morto. Bem-vindo ao tecnofeudalismoAs dinâmicas tradicionais do capitalismo não governam mais a economia. O que destituiu esse sistema foi o próprio capital e as mudanças tecnológi

Yanis Varoufakis/ Gerardo PisarelloGerardo: A veces tenemos buenas razones para creer. Ser optimistas a veces significa recuperar nuestra memoria, nuestra historia, la historia de las luchas de nuestro pueblo, que son reales. A veces pienso que nos quieren convencer de que tenemos menos poder del que realmente tenemos.Yanis: Por eso, el momento de la revolucion es el momento mas dulce. Es el momento en el que, de repente, te liberas del miedo. Y te liberas de la sensacion de que vivimos en el mejor de los mundos posibles. Esta es la razon por la cual Voltaire fue genial con su Candido, ¿verdad? Porque se mofaba de la opinion de que las cosas eran como eran porque no podian haber sido distintas.Yanis Varoufakis, exministro de finanzas de Grecia y economista, y Gerardo Pisarello, teniente de alcalde del Ayuntamiento de Barcelona y jurista, nos proponen en este libro que pensemos otra Europa posible. Afortunadamente no proponen ideas abstractas y bienintencionadas sino que apuntan lineas de trabajo reales para cambiar la Union Europea y la Eurozona. Este libro recoge una conversacion entre ambos y articulos sobre como reparar la zona Euro para convertirla en un espacio de bienestar y solidaridad economica desterrando asi la austeridad reinante. El papel de las ciudades, sus movimientos sociales e institucione...

En este extraordinario y provocador libro, Varoufakis destruye el mito de que la financiarización, la regulación ineficaz de los bancos y la globalización fueron las causas de la crisis económica global. Mas bien, son sintomas de un malestar que puede rastrearse hasta los años setenta; la epoca en que nacio el Minotauro global. Igual que los atenienses mantenian un flujo constante de tributos a la bestia, asi el resto del mundo envia sumas increibles de capital a EE.UU. y a Wall Street. De este modo, el Minotauro global se convirtio en el motor que impulso la economia mundial desde principios de los años ochenta hasta 2008.La crisis actual en Europa, los acalorados debates sobre austeridad frente a estimulos fiscales en EE.UU., y el choque entre las autoridades chinas y el gobierno de Obama sobre los tipos de cambio son los sintomas inevitables del debilitamiento del Minotauro, la prueba de un sistema global tan insostenible como descompensado. Mas alla de esto, el autor expone las opciones que tenemos a nuestra disposicion para volver a poner un minimo de sensatez en un orden global altamente irracional.Quedan todavia muchos cabos por atar en este periodo, pero el libro de Varoufakis representa una magnifica introduccion, escrita con un estilo muy lucido, desde un pais sacudido por la hecatombe economica.

«Uno de los economistas más inteligentes y originales del mundo nos brinda la guía más comprensible sobre la crisis.»The EconomistYanis Varoufakis destruye el mito de que la financiarización, la re

«Si no pots explicar les grans qüestions econòmiques de manera que els joves les puguin entendre, és que ni tu mateix no les entens».El flamant ministre de Finances grec, Ianis Varoufakis, ens convid

«Si no puedes explicar las grandes cuestiones económicas de forma que los jóvenes las puedan entender, es que ni tú mismo las entiendes.» Yanis VaroufakisEl flamante ministro de Economía griego, Yani

Imagine a world with no banks. No stock market. No tech giants. No billionaires.Imagine if Occupy and Extinction Rebellion actually won.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 reveals the uncomfortable truth about our desire for a better world...