Another Now Dispatches from an Alternative Present
Another Now Dispatches from an Alternative Present by Giannēs Varoufakēs, published by Bodley Head in 2020, explores the concept of a fair and equal society through a speculative lens. This edition spans 234 pages and is presented in English. The book imagines a future in 2025, following a global uprising that has transformed society into a post-capitalist world where work, money, and politics are democratized.
Readers will find a thought-provoking narrative that unfolds through the perspectives of three distinct characters: a libertarian ex-banker, a Marxist-feminist, and a maverick technologist. The book delves into themes of political science, economic policy, and social science, presenting a world devoid of commercial banks and stock markets, where companies are collectively owned, and basic income is assured. Varoufakīs invites readers to consider the feasibility of liberal socialism and the potential for a sustainable society, challenging them to reflect on the lengths they would go to achieve such a vision.
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What would a fair and equal society look like? The world-renowned economist and bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis presents his radical and subversive answer.
Imagine it is 2025. Years earlier, in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, a global hi-tech uprising has birthed a post-capitalist world in which work, money, land, digital networks and politics have been truly democratised.
In a thought-experiment of startling originality, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis offers a glimpse of this alternative reality. Through the eyes of three characters – a libertarian ex-banker, a Marxist-feminist and a maverick technologist – we see the genesis of a world without commercial banks or stock markets, where companies are owned equally by all staff, basic income is guaranteed, global imbalances and climate change cancel each other out, and housing is socialised.
Is a liberal socialism feasible? Can prosperity grow without costing the Earth? Are we able to build the good society, despite our flaws?
As radical in its form as in its vision, Another Now blends Platonic dialogue with speculative fiction to show that there is an alternative to capitalism, while also confronting us with the greatest question- how far are we willing to go to bring it about?
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