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Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, former Greek finance minister, and author of several bestselling books on political economy. He spent many years as a professor of economics in Britain, Australia, and the United States before entering politics. He is a co-founder of the grassroots movement DiEM25 and a Professor of Economics at the University of Athens.

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Palantir and the New Order: Neoliberalism is dead. Say hello to Techlordism

A new form of capital is ascending: cloud capital—networked algorithmic machines that grant their owners remarkable powers to modify our behaviour. And just as financiers needed neoliberalism, today’s tech lords need a new ideology to legitimise their rule. I call it techlordism.

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Palantir and the New Order: Neoliberalism is dead. Say hello to Techlordism
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