Vintage, 2019, Paperback, 224pp £8.99
ISBN: 9781784705756
My niece, Isabella recommended me to read this book. If you’re not familiar with the subject of economics, or capitalism, for that matter, it can be a hard start but I recommend reading it slowly, and sticking with it, as there are concepts, examples, and ideas thrown about in the start to help you better understand. It’s much more enjoyable the farther chapters you reach. The author takes the premise of writing to his daughter that gives the work an energetic flow whereas contemporary books might seem dry. There are matters and workings of the banking system that leave you at moments flabbergasted and you don’t believe it could be so. In all, I learned a lot, and found Yanis Varoufakis’s book an excellent read worth revisiting in the future as an introduction to capitalism and the world around us.
Excellent. ★★★★
“Oscar Wilde wrote that a cynical person is someone who knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing” — p.31
“Oikonomia comprises two words: oikos (household) and nomoi (laws, rules, constraints). This is the etymology of economy, which literally means something like the “laws of running, or managing, a household” — p.35
First published in 2013 in Greek. English translated edition in 2017. The Sunday Times Best Seller.▪️
Faisel's Reading Sanctuary 
You must be logged in to post a comment.