Technofeudalism cover art

Technofeudalism

What Killed Capitalism

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Technofeudalism

By: Yanis Varoufakis
Narrated by: Yanis Varoufakis
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

Capitalism is dead. Welcome to technofeudalism.

In his boldest and most far-reaching book, the visionary economist and number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis shows how the owners of big tech became the world's feudal overlords – replacing capitalism with a fundamentally new system that enslaves our minds, defies democracy and rewrite the rules of global power.

But as Varoufakis also reveals, technofeudalism contains new opportunities to thwart and overturn it, bringing into focus more clearly than ever the revolution we need to escape our digital prison.

‘What an amazing piece of work this is. Ground-breaking, thought-provoking and highly accessible. Everyone should read it. The dark, scary, exciting song of our age. 100 out of 100’ IRVINE WELSH

‘An epochal, once-in-a-millennium shift . . . this isn't just new technology. This is the world grappling with an entirely new economic system and therefore political power’ Observer

‘An urgent demand to seize the means of computation’ CORY DOCTOROW

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

©2023 Yanis Varoufakis (P)2023 Penguin Audio Economics History & Culture Political Science Politics & Government Technology & Society Theory Capitalism Socialism Thought-Provoking Inspiring Technology Taxation Money

Listeners also enjoyed...

 How They Broke Britain cover art
The Jakarta Method cover art
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism cover art
Broken Money cover art
Snafu: Perspectives on the 'Accelerated Age' cover art
New Ideas from Dead Economists (4th Edition) cover art
Bitcoin: Independence Reimagined cover art
The Money Deception - What Banks & Governments Don't Want You to Know cover art
The Capitalist Manifesto cover art
Bitcoin cover art
The Finance Curse cover art
Bitcoin cover art
Check Your Financial Privilege cover art
The Price of Tomorrow cover art
Money in One Lesson cover art
A People's Guide to Capitalism cover art
All stars
Most relevant  
Really enjoyed the analysis of technology and its development relating to the economy’s the west and how it is eating capitalism, but Yannis over indulged himself in the last couple of chapters with socialism and revolution as the only solutions. Given Yannis’ background it should be expected and not to be entirely dismissed as it contains some interesting potential solutions, just not entirely a final balanced offering. Overall very good and deeply insightful from a man who has a very important perspective. Well worth reading if you are into considering the near future.

Great analysis

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This book is both enjoyable and educational. A big thanks to the author. I highly recommend it.

Eye opener

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This book is a masterpiece that overlays history, economics, finance, business, and politics. Yanis's explanations, conclusions, and theories are thought-provoking and presented clearly without jargon. His narrative performance is exceptional, especially since English isn't his native tongue. As you close your eyes and listen to him read, you're taken on an inspiring journey that incorporates the Socratic questioning, prophetic witness, and tragicomic hope needed for democratic energies to flourish against the forces of nihilism and poverty.

This book aims to expand our creative minds, not to demand agreement on everything discussed. After all, technofuedalism is a theory equivalently pitched to answer a difficult question never provided to his late father. This review has been left to respect a true intellectual at the top.

A masterpiece

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Especially Yanış' solution at the end but like the title of my review says. If only it was to come true!

if only!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A very interesting look at the current economic situation we have all signed up to willingly or not

A great listen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This was an interesting book which used a different style to convey fascinating views about modern society.

Interesting views

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
listen carefully to this work of good sense and love. Rent, at present flowing to the technofeudalists, is created by the whole community. it belongs to us.

Listen carefully.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Yanis blends the world of economics and politics with metallurgy, Greek mythology and TV shows like mad men to present a view of what has happened to humanity ( particularly the west) since world war 2 and brings us to a future decision of whether we wish to be in a world dominated by cloud based AI machines where we are simply cloud serfs or something completely different? Really enjoyed being taken on an intellectual rollercoaster!

Amazing ideas here

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
spread the word. Varoufakis proposal might be our only chance. finally someone who has something to say

must read

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Brilliantly written and read. This book really shines light on how things are now and, optimistically, how it could be.

I will need to listen again a couple of times for all the observations, theories and ideas to sink in.

Amazing thought and insight

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews