Talking To My Daughter About The Economy

¡®Why is there so much inequality?¡¯ asked Xenia to her father. Answering her questions in a series of accessible and tender letters, Varoufakis educates her to what economics and capitalism is and why it is so dangerous. Taking from memories of her childhood and a variety of well-known tales ¨C from Oedipus and Faust to Frankenstein and The Matrix ¨C Varoufakis turns Talking To My Daughter into an enjoyable and engaging read, without ever shying from the harder truths. Greece¡¯s former finance minister explains everything you need to know to understand why economics is the most important drama of our times. In answering his daughter¡¯s deceptively simple questions, Varoufakis disentangles our troubling world with remarkable clarity and child-like honesty, as well as inspiring us to make it a better one.