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Technofeudalism

What Killed Capitalism

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Technofeudalism

By: Yanis Varoufakis
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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

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Critic Reviews

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)
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 (Carole Cadwalladr)
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”
Varoufakis is a remarkable combination of analyst and dreamer… as always, Varoufakis makes his readers think… an important achievement
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)
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)
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)
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)
Compulsive and necessary reading (KEN LOACH)
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)
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Feudalism is back and it aptly describes the lives of many. There is still some hope that this techno feudalism may also one day be turned over.

Some hope for the grim world conditions

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Excellent demonstration of the peril freedom and equality face in our time. A detailed assessment of the target, and eloquently stated moral imperative to understand and to act.

A Must for all under 30’s

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Very interesting, well written and researched with a vast array of thought provoking content on our ever evolving world.

Excellent

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Very interesting and explains a lot about our current world and offers some ideas on what to do. Enjoyed it.

Great food for thought

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The authors expertise and vast knowledge comes to the fore in his latest book focusing on cloud capitalism and its impact on us all. A brilliant and confronting read. One of the highlights of the year.

Another brilliant book.

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