Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
- Author Yanis Varoufakis
- Narrator Leighton Pugh
- Publisher Random House
- Run Time 4 hours and 50 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Credit and credit institutions, Economic and financial crises and disasters, Economic systems and structures, Economics, History of ideas, Political ideologies and movements, Popular economics, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Social discrimination and equal treatment.
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What to expect
Random House presents the audio edition of Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis, read by Leighton Pugh.
Why is there so much inequality? In this short book, world famous economist Yanis Varoufakis sets out to answer his daughter Xenia’s deceptively simple question. Using personal stories and famous myths – from Oedipus and Faust to Frankenstein and The Matrix – he explains what the economy is and why it has the power to shape our lives.
Intimate yet universally accessible, Talking To My Daughter About the Economy introduces readers to the most important drama of our times, helping to make sense of a troubling world while inspiring us to make it a better one.
‘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.’ – Observer
‘Utterly accessible, deeply humane and startlingly original – a potent democratic tool at the perfect time.’ – Naomi Klein, author of No Is Not Enough
Critics Review
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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
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
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
Guardian -
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
Financial Times
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