Talking to My Daughter About the Economy

The economic crisis, which began in 2008 in the USA and affected the whole world fast, changed many things in capitalist societies. Money abundance, which was seen in the 2000s, ended with this crisis faced by the globalized and integrated economy. At the same time, it profoundly affected the many economies of the developing countries, including Turkey.

The Greek economist, politician, and writer Yanis Varoufakis assumed the position of Economy Minister of Greece at precisely such a time and was at the center of the crisis. Varoufakis, in his so-called book Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism, tells the current economic structure shaken by global crises and what kind of issues the current economic structure brings to humanity.

The author has stayed away from the terminology that always makes it hard for readers to understand the economy. He explains the systems that are hard to comprehend until this time as plainly as possible while he tries to keep the readers' attention alive.

The book, which Varoufakis wrote, thinking that he had a conversation with his daughter, whom he could not see very often because he lived in Australia, emphasizes that the economy is a crucial battleground that cannot be left only to experts, strengthening its meaning with concrete examples.

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism is a work that explores what people, labor, and money come together to cause, learn where the roots of the capitalist system extend and what the economy can say about happiness in the most precise, short and understandable way.