‘Why is there so much inequality?’ Xenia asks her father, the world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis. Drawing on memories of her childhood and a variety of well-known tales – from Oedipus and Faust to Frankenstein and The Matrix – Varoufakis explains everything one needs to know in order to understand why economics is the most important drama of our times. He believes that understanding economics is key to a truly well-functioning democracy. The book points out that many theories exist solely to legitimize the position of the ruling class and rationalize inequality. As such, the author tracks the human race from its earliest days and the emergence of inequality. While doing so, the book gives a longer historical lens that the author uses to explain economic phenomenon, and its grounding in European perspective. In answering his daughter’s deceptively simple questions, the book disentangles our troubling world with remarkable clarity, while inspiring the readers to make it a better one.