Technofeudalism
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  • Published: 26 September 2023
  • ISBN: 9781847927286
  • Imprint: Bodley Head
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $36.99

Technofeudalism

What Killed Capitalism

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14 May 2024
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26 Sep 2023
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28 Sep 2023
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28 Sep 2023
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28 Oct 2023
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The world-famous #1 bestselling economist explains how capitalism has been usurped by a technologically enhanced form of feudalism

No one noticed when capitalism died.

Perhaps we were too distracted by the implosion of global finance, or the rise of populism, or the demise of the planet - or all of those cute cats on Instagram. But gradually, quietly, a yet more exploitative new system has taken hold: techno-feudalism.

Written in the form of a letter to his late father, who first taught him about the power of new technologies to shape human history, Yanis Varoufakis explains how Big Tech has effected an invisible but fundamental transformation in all our lives.

Drawing on stories from Greek Myth and pop culture, from Mad Men to Karl Marx, he explains how the key ingredients of capitalism - profit and markets - have both been replaced. And he exposes the hidden connection between your personal data and the transformative power of 'cloud capital' which means that without our realising it, we are all working every day for the tech giants, for free.
  • Published: 26 September 2023
  • ISBN: 9781847927286
  • Imprint: Bodley Head
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $36.99
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About the author

Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis is the former finance minister of Greece and the author of a memoir, Adults in the Room, and a history, And the Weak Suffer What They Must?, which reveal and explain the catastrophic mishandling of Europe since the financial crisis. Both were number one bestsellers. His latest bestseller is Talking To My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism. Born in Athens in 1961, Yanis Varoufakis was for many years a professor of economics in Britain, Australia and the USA before he entered government and is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. Since resigning from Greece's finance ministry he has co-founded an international grassroots movement, DiEM25, campaigning for the revival of democracy in Europe and speaks to audiences of thousands worldwide.

yanisvaroufakis.eu / @yanisvaroufakis

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Also by Yanis Varoufakis

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Talking to My Daughter
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Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
Adults In The Room
And the Weak Suffer What They Must?
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Praise for Technofeudalism

An incisive critique

Guardian

An incisive critique

Guardian

An incisive critique

Guardian

An incisive critique

Guardian

An incisive critique

Guardian

An incisive critique

Guardian

An incisive critique

Guardian

An incisive critique

Guardian

An incisive critique

Guardian

An incisive critique

Guardian

An incisive critique

Guardian

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Compulsive and necessary reading

KEN LOACH

Compulsive and necessary reading

KEN LOACH

Compulsive and necessary reading

KEN LOACH

Compulsive and necessary reading

KEN LOACH

Compulsive and necessary reading

KEN LOACH

Compulsive and necessary reading

KEN LOACH

Compulsive and necessary reading

KEN LOACH

Compulsive and necessary reading

KEN LOACH

Compulsive and necessary reading

KEN LOACH

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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*

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*

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*

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*

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*

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*

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*

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*

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*

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*

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*