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Yanis Varoufakis, the world-renowned economist and #1 bestselling author, uses personal stories and famous myths to explain what economics is and why it has the power to change our world. In this intimate and accessible book, world famous economist Yanis Varoufakis sets out to answer his daughter Xenia's deceptively simple question.
'One of the greatest political memoirs of all time' (Guardian) -- The Sunday Times Number 1 BestsellerWhat happens when you take on the establishment? In this blistering, personal account, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis blows the lid on Europe's hidden agenda and exposes what actually goes on in its corridors of power.
I denne let formidlede, præcise og humoristiske bog svarer den verdensberømte økonom Yanis Varoufakis på sin datter, Xenias, tilsyneladende enkle spørgsmål om, hvad økonomi egentlig er for noget. Gennem både personlige historier og referencer til berømte myter – lige fra Frankenstein og Faust til ‘The Matrix’ – forklarer han, hvordan økonomi som begreb voksede frem og har formet både menneskehedens historie og former vores liv i dag. Det er fortællingen om, hvordan byttehandler med frugt og hvede blev til penge og senere til markeder og stater med hære til at beskytte dem og bureaukratier til at styre dem. Men det er også fortællingen om, hvordan uligheden i verden blev til. I vores samfund er økonomi blevet det politiske modersmål, og økonomer betragtes som vismænd, men samtidig tror mange af os, at det handler om så komplekse ideer, at vi ikke kan være med. Her insisterer Yanis Varoufakis på, at hvis de grundlæggende økonomiske ideer ikke kan formidles uden fremmedord til et ungt menneske, så bliver de så abstrakte, at de ikke handler om den verden, vi deler. På én gang varm, intim og tilgængelig inviterer ‘Samtaler med min datter om økonomi’ os alle sammen – unge som gamle – ind i samtalen, så vi kan være med til at vælge, hvilken verden, vi vil have.
In this dramatic narrative of Europe's economic rise and spectacular fall, Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece, `the emerging rock star of Europe's anti-austerity uprising' (Telegraph), shows that the origins of the collapse go far deeper than our leaders are prepared to admit - and that we have done nothing so far to fix them.
In this rousing book, he charts the absurdities that underpin calls for austerity, as well as his own battles with a bureaucracy bent on ignoring the human cost of its every action. Passionately outspoken and tuned to the voices of the oppressed, Varoufakis presents a guide to modern economics, and its threat to democracy, like no other.
In this remarkable and provocative book, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis explodes the myth that financialisation, ineffectual regulation of banks, greed and globalisation were the root causes of the global economic crisis.
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