Talking to My Daughter About the Economy

Outline

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy (2013) explains how the economy works in simple, engaging language, written as a conversation between a father and his teenage daughter. Yanis Varoufakis uses stories, myths, and everyday examples to explore questions such as why some countries are rich and others poor, how money and debt work, and what markets can and cannot do. The book makes economics accessible to everyone.

• The book is framed as a conversation between a father and his teenage daughter, so complex economics arrives in plain, personal language.
• Stories, myths and everyday examples carry the explanations, which makes economic ideas easier to remember than formal theory.
• It asks why some countries are rich while others stay poor, and treats the answer as a question of history and power.
• It explains how money and debt work, so readers can better understand the financial systems around them.
• It weighs what markets can and cannot do, rather than presenting them as either flawless or useless.

Yanis Varoufakis is a Greek economist, author, and politician who served as Greece’s finance minister in 2015 during the country’s debt crisis. He has taught economics at universities in Britain, Australia, Greece, and the United States. His books include Adults in the Room, Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, and Technofeudalism.