Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

Hardback. New. <p><b>The #1 bestselling economist shows how capitalism has been replaced by a more exploitative system, technofeudalism, in which the owners of big tech have become the world's feudal overlords.</b><br /><br />* A <i>GUARDIAN </i>BEST FORTHCOMING BOOK OF 2023 * <i>THE TIMES</i> BIGGEST BOOKS OF AUTUMN 2023 *<br /><br /><b>‘What an amazing piece of work this is. </b><b>The dark, scary, exciting song of our age. 100 out of 100’</b> <b>IRVINE WELSH</b><br /><br />In 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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Drawing on stories from Greek Myth and pop culture, from Homer to <i>Mad Men</i>, 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.<br /><br /><b>'Utterly accessible, deeply humane and startlingly original' NAOMI KLEIN </b>on <i>Talking To My Daughter</i></p>