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Technofeudalism
- Author
- Yanis Varoufakis
- Narrator
- Yanis Varoufakis
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 28 September 2023
- Run Time
- 7 hours 39 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Popular economics, Impact of science and technology on society, Political science and theory, Capitalism, Financial technology (fintech), Political structures / systems: democracy, Social discrimination and social justice, Political control and freedoms
- Rating
- 4.5 (6 reviews)
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Brought to you by Penguin.
Capitalism 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.
‘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 WELSH
‘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’ Observer
‘An urgent demand to seize the means of computation’ CORY DOCTOROW
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
© Yanis Varoufakis 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023
Critics Review
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What an amazing piece of work this is. Ground-breaking, thought-provoking and highly accessible. Everyone should read it. This is where we’re going. The dark, scary, exciting song of our age. 100 out of 100
IRVINE WELSH
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An important new book ... that describes what is happening in terms of an epochal, once-in-a-millennium shift … in Varoufakis's telling, this isn't just new technology. This is the world grappling with an entirely new economic system and therefore political power
Observer
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Arresting … an ambitious thinker and a lively writer … Varoufakis is right that we are in thrall to digital platforms, who hold our data hostage and prevent us from switching to “a competing cloud fief”
The Times
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Varoufakis is a remarkable combination of analyst and dreamer… as always, Varoufakis makes his readers think… an important achievement
Financial Times, *Books of the Year*
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In his characteristically enthralling style, Varoufakis guides the reader through some of the most significant trends in the modern economy, showing clearly how the big tech giants have built an economy that works for them - and how everyone else can take power back
GRACE BLAKELEY
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A book for anybody who wants to understand the mess we're in - and since we're all in this mess, that makes it a book for everybody
SLAVOJ ZIZEK
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With superb storytelling, Varoufakis shows how capitalism has eaten itself alive, mutating into an entirely different and more dangerous beast, and calls on us to free ourselves from digital serfdom
BRETT SCOTT, author of Cloudmoney
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Provocative and accessible, this is sure to be a key touchstone in debates about the future of the global economy
NICK SRNICEK, co-author of Inventing the Future
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Compulsive and necessary reading
KEN LOACH
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What if capitalism died and no one noticed - not even the capitalists? Digital platforms usurped capitalism and installed something far worse. This book is an urgent demand to seize the means of computation
CORY DOCTOROW
User Reviews
Book 4.5
Narration 4.7
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4.0 5.0
Mandatory read to understand the current world. Very interesting
worriedbeaver 2026-07-02 -
4.0 4.0
Leitura muito interessante e pertinente mas, no final, quando se propõe soluções para lidar com o technofeudalismo, só o uso de algumas expressões que parecem saídas do comité do partido comunista deixam-me logo céptico. Exatamente o mesmo que sinto perante o discurso da direita populista. Basta saber um bocadinho de história para perceber o que digo. Recomendo, ainda assim, a leitura do livro e a restante obra de Varoufakis.
ALJT 2025-11-09
Details
- Author
- Yanis Varoufakis
- Narrator
- Yanis Varoufakis
- Duration
- 7 hours 39 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 September 2023
- ISBN
- 9781529194609
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Popular economics, Impact of science and technology on society, Political science and theory, Capitalism, Financial technology (fintech), Political structures / systems: democracy, Social discrimination and social justice, Political control and freedoms
- Rating
- 4.5(6 reviews)
- Narration
- 4.7(6 reviews)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Capitalism 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.‘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 WELSH‘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’ Observer‘An urgent demand to seize the means of computation’ CORY DOCTOROWA FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR© Yanis Varoufakis 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023
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