Talking to My Daughter About the Economy

Or, How Capitalism Works - and How It Fails

By: Yanis Varoufakis

Narrated by: Leighton Pugh

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 Audio

Cover basics in a nice way

Recommend for college students as an introduction to the real world.

If you are not familiar with the economic machine... then it’s a good starting point.

Good overview

Good, nontechnical explanation of how the economy works and who it works for. Justifies its conclusion that economics is “theology with equations.”

practical, philosophical and poignant

I listened twice almost back-to-back and recommend it to anyone. The stories and references to literature and movies make it accessible and enjoyable to listen to while teaching important subject matter that we all would do well to better understand. When you tear up to a book about the economy, you know it's good.

Absolutely brilliant

Explaining the economy can be a difficult task, but Yanis does it masterfully in a way that anybody can understand. In this book he details concisely how the basis of our present-day economy was formed, how it transition through time, and how we can create an economy for a better future. I highly recommend this book to anybody who's even remotely interested in learning how our economy works.

A must read for my teenage daughter

Excellent story, highly recommended, great audible production, well worth your time, a much as I wanted to know about global economics

Brilliant!

Masterfully conceived and written, Talking to My Daughter should be mandatory reading fo all economics majors and highly recommended for all others. Mr Varoufakis has put forth, in a way that is as engaging as it is accessible, a key piece of the theoretical framework we need to build a more humane and sustainable society.

Worth it!

Very thoughtful provoking, and intellectual yet spoken plainly! Easy listen with historical, present, and future analysis.

Interesting listen

Has some great insights but some of the information presented is not correct. still worth the listen.

I learned a lot. well written and enjoyable.

very well written for most adults and youth. Includes basic facts and interesting concepts. Recommend.

Though provoking

I enjoyed each and every sentence written and executed by the reader. Its entertaining and makes you think again about your assumptions