Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
Or, How Capitalism Works - and How It Fails
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Narrated by:
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Leighton Pugh
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Written by:
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Yanis Varoufakis
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In Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, activist Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance minister and the author of the international best seller Adults in the Room, pens a series of letters to his young daughter, educating her about the business, politics, and corruption of world economics.
Yanis Varoufakis has appeared before heads of nations, assemblies of experts, and countless students around the world. Now, he faces his most important - and difficult - audience yet.
Using clear language and vivid examples, Varoufakis offers a series of letters to his young daughter about the economy: how it operates, where it came from, how it benefits some while impoverishing others. Taking bankers and politicians to task, he explains the historical origins of inequality among and within nations, questions the pervasive notion that everything has its price, and shows why economic instability is a chronic risk. Finally, he discusses the inability of market-driven policies to address the rapidly declining health of the planet his daughter’s generation stands to inherit.
Throughout this audiobook, Varoufakis wears his expertise lightly. He writes as a parent whose aim is to instruct his daughter on the fundamental questions of our age - and, through that knowledge, to equip her against the failures and obfuscations of our current system and point the way toward a more democratic alternative.
©2013, 2017 Yanis Varoufakis, English translation copyright by Yanis Varoufakis and Jacob T. Moe (P)2017 Random House AudioWhat listeners say about Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
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- Bruce M. Campbell
- 2019-09-19
Valuable Insights on Global Values
It’s useful to take in the thoughts and opinions of thinkers who live outside of the Anglo-centric worldview of denizens living in Five-Eyes territories. Of even greater value, this work by Varoufakis is informed by the author’s study of western economies and the Greek national distress as a failing EU state.
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- Robgoren
- 2019-08-12
Eye Opening
Yanis employs a host of ingenious analogies to demystify the inscrutable gobbledygook of Phd economists. The narrator strikes the perfect tone of a patient, inspirational teacher. Highly recommended.
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- Thomas Chan
- 2018-09-13
Awesome book
Great points and explained in way which make them easily understood and fun. I would even recommend to my 9 year old. #Audible1
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- Louis Belisle
- 2018-05-24
Great stream of consciousness
Clear and compelling exposition of what the author believes is the role of economics in our society. Not a scientific piece, but more of a philosophical question. Got me interested in his other work.
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