Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
by Yanis Varoufakis · first published 2017
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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 bestseller 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: h
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…time. I believe it touches the kernel of the problem about economy as a field. The definition of Value. A good book and easy to read book that touches in this subject is Yanis Varoufakis's excellent "Talking to My Daughter about the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism"
on “The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy” ↗…cycle" of modern capitalism (although this sounds like nonsense) - greed. This time was HSBC, yesterday was Deutsche, and tomorrow, who knows. I'd suggest reading a light book from Yanis Varoufakis called "Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works--and How It Fails" [1], where he explains how this cycle fuels the synergy of a modern economy, capitalism, and politics. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Daughter-About-Economy-Works-...
on “HSBC's Money Laundering Scandal 2012, money laudering for Mexican Drug gangs” ↗Additional recommendation: _Talking to my daughter about the economy_, by Yanis Varoufakis. It’s a slender, engaging read that explores the history of economics and works its way to some modern day questions. In general, while learning I think it’s important to keep things…
on “Recommend me resources for self-teaching economics on undergrad level” ↗…zombie keeps walking to this day? The linked article repeats the myth of barter. And lest people think it's only right-ish economists that keep repeating it, Yanis Varoufakis did so too (in his book "Talking to my daughter about the economy"). And yeah sure, nothing "hinges" on the myth of barter. But it is a symptom, a glaring illustration that economists are really bad at arguing from how real people actually act, and cheerfully embrace…
on “What is money, anyway?” ↗