{"product_id":"technofeudalism-what-killed-capitalism","title":"Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Blending intellectual memoir, history, and economic and technological history, Varoufakis creates an intimate atmosphere that is a genuine pleasure to read ... It’s hard to read this book and deny its power ... illuminating.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e- The Washington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a revelatory and pathbreaking work, the #1 international bestselling economist opens our eyes to the new power that is reshaping our lives and the world . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e“The Thucydides of our time.” —Jeffrey Sachs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBig tech has replaced capitalism's twin pillars—markets and profit—with its platforms and rents. With every click and scroll, we labor like serfs to increase its power. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to technofeudalism . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps we were too distracted by the pandemic, or the endless financial crises, or the rise of TikTok. But under cover of them all, a new and more exploitative system has been taking hold. Insane sums of money that were supposed to re-float our economies after the crash of 2008 went to big tech instead. With it they funded the construction of their private cloud fiefdoms and privatized the internet. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTechnofeudalism says Yanis Varoufakis, is the new power that is reshaping our lives and the world, and is the greatest current threat to the liberal individual, to our efforts to avert climate catastrophe—and to democracy itself. It also lies behind the new geopolitical tensions, especially the New Cold War between the United States and China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on stories from Greek myth and pop culture, from Homer to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMad Men\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e div\u0026gt;\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50111201771805,"sku":"9781685891244","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781685891244.jpg?v=1751041833","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/technofeudalism-what-killed-capitalism","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}