Yanis Varoufakis / Bodley Head / 2023年09月28日
"Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism" 是由著名经济学家Yanis Varoufakis撰写的一部作品。在这本书中,作者深入探讨了资本主义如何被一种更为复杂、更具控制力的系统所取代,即所谓的技术封建主义。Varoufakis认为,随着科技的迅猛发展和全球化进程的加速,传统的资本主义模式已经难以为继。相反,一种以技术巨头为主导,以数据和网络为核心的新型权力结构正在崛起。这种技术封建主义不仅加剧了社会不平等,还威胁到了民主和自由。Varoufakis以其独到的见解和深刻的分析,为我们揭示了这一现象的根源,并探讨了可能的解决方案。这本书对于理解当今经济社会的演变以及未来面临的挑战具有重要的参考价值。
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Summary
Chapters
Chapter 1: The End of History?
Chapter 2: How We Got Here
Chapter 3: The New Feudal Lords
Chapter 4: The Anxious Majority
Chapter 5: The Democratic Deficit
Chapter 6: The New Deal
Key Points per Subsection
Chapter 1
**Capitalism's Defenders**: Arguments against the notion that historical development stopped with the triumph of capitalism.
**Technofeudalism Emerges**: The idea that technology has given rise to new power structures reminiscient of feudalism.
Chapter 2
**From Industrial Revolution to Digital Revolution**: The transformation of work and the economy through successive technological leaps.
**The Neoliberal Turn**: How policies of deregulation and market liberalization led to the conditions for technofeudalism to flourish.
Chapter 3
**The Platform Monopoly**: The concentration of market power in the hands of a few platforms.
**Rentier Capitalism**: How these platforms generate wealth primarily through rent extraction rather than true innovation.
Chapter 4
**Precarious Work**: The growth of temporary, flexible jobs characterized by low wages and little job security.
**The Decline of the Middle Class**: Economic trends leading to a reduction in this socioeconomic group.
Chapter 5
**Power Consolidation**: Big tech gaining control over political discourse and decision-making processes.
**The EU and the US Response**: Comparative analysis of regulatory strategies aimed at the tech industry.
Chapter 6
**Reform Proposals**: Measures suggested to mitigate the issues inherent in technofeudalism.
**Towards Technofeudalism 2.0**: A vision of a less exploitative and more inclusive digital economy.