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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Um imaginar ambicioso do que poderia ser uma alternativa ao sistema económico e social que temos agora. De certa forma, ao mesmo tempo que critica o presente, alimenta a esperança de um futuro melhor :)
This book plays with the past the present and the future of the reader and of the main characters. It manages to set up the principles of an alternative future in a great level of detail given how short it is.
it has space for technical details on how the monetary regime would function but also to develop chanracter personalities and their relations. Additionally Varoufakis stillmanages to set up a contemporary critique of our societies, including the Covid-19 crisis.
I was mostly hopeful through the book but became a bit pessimistic towards the end when the issue of feminism is discussed.
I would highly recommend!
it has space for technical details on how the monetary regime would function but also to develop chanracter personalities and their relations. Additionally Varoufakis stillmanages to set up a contemporary critique of our societies, including the Covid-19 crisis.
I was mostly hopeful through the book but became a bit pessimistic towards the end when the issue of feminism is discussed.
I would highly recommend!
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
An interesting idea. Is it speculative fiction or economics non-fiction framed with Fictional aspects? While the idea was great and i enjoyed some parts, overall i found it irritating and dull. The characters were just empty shells designed to spout information and political viewpoints. Despite not enjoying this, I'm still somewhat glad i read it! It was different. 2.5*
challenging
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Yannis Varoufakis writing about alternatives to our current economic system? Yes, please! I was all here for it. But it didn’t live up to what I’ve come to expect from Varoufakis based on the quality of his earlier books as well as, y’know, everything he does and says.
Unfortunately, what substance there is in this book is swamped by a supposedly didactically clever, yet actually just tedious frame narrative in which the narrator and his friends communicate with corresponding characters from an alternate universe whose timeline diverged from ours in the year 2008 and which went on to become a better world with a more humane economic system and society. It’s the story of how this reality operates and how it got there. It’s incredibly awkward and repetitive and I, for my part, could have done without it altogether in the first place.
What’s more, the book falls short of its own standards. It opens with an indictment of the lack of a united vision, never mind an actual roadmap, on the part of the economic and political left, which, unlike the architects of our current system, has only ever shared a common enemy, but not a common goal, much less a concrete plan for the bringing about of a better, fairer, more humane world for everyone. Having established that and ostensibly setting itself up to be the remedy to this frustrating situation, the book then proceeds to present the reader with a sketchy and reductive utopia whose genesis a) seems entirely too smooth and easy and is carried by a general public consensus that is much too convenient to be remotely realistic or believable, and b) got its momentum from the Occupy movement in 2008, whose moment has clearly passed, so this is water under the bridge and just as lacking in practicability as any hippie pipe dream.
I guess this would serve as a playful kind of introduction to the philosophy of economics, or certain sub-topics, for people who have never come into contact with any of the concepts presented in it and who absolutely couldn’t stomach any such information without a sappy frame narrative to make it palatable. They’d also have to prefer it to be stripped of any potentially alienating complexity. But in my experience, people usually pick up full-length books about economics after they’ve already given some thought to the subject, so in fact I don’t really know what kind of reader this book was written for, to be honest.
Unfortunately, what substance there is in this book is swamped by a supposedly didactically clever, yet actually just tedious frame narrative in which the narrator and his friends communicate with corresponding characters from an alternate universe whose timeline diverged from ours in the year 2008 and which went on to become a better world with a more humane economic system and society. It’s the story of how this reality operates and how it got there. It’s incredibly awkward and repetitive and I, for my part, could have done without it altogether in the first place.
What’s more, the book falls short of its own standards. It opens with an indictment of the lack of a united vision, never mind an actual roadmap, on the part of the economic and political left, which, unlike the architects of our current system, has only ever shared a common enemy, but not a common goal, much less a concrete plan for the bringing about of a better, fairer, more humane world for everyone. Having established that and ostensibly setting itself up to be the remedy to this frustrating situation, the book then proceeds to present the reader with a sketchy and reductive utopia whose genesis a) seems entirely too smooth and easy and is carried by a general public consensus that is much too convenient to be remotely realistic or believable, and b) got its momentum from the Occupy movement in 2008, whose moment has clearly passed, so this is water under the bridge and just as lacking in practicability as any hippie pipe dream.
I guess this would serve as a playful kind of introduction to the philosophy of economics, or certain sub-topics, for people who have never come into contact with any of the concepts presented in it and who absolutely couldn’t stomach any such information without a sappy frame narrative to make it palatable. They’d also have to prefer it to be stripped of any potentially alienating complexity. But in my experience, people usually pick up full-length books about economics after they’ve already given some thought to the subject, so in fact I don’t really know what kind of reader this book was written for, to be honest.
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Political and economic theory wrapped up in a carefully constructed scifi story. Perfect for those wishing to read for leisure but also learn about alternative systems to capitalism outside of communism.
challenging
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced