Game Over (book)

Book cover (2018)

Game over. Prosperity for a few, democracy for no one, nationalism for everyone - and then what? is a non-fiction book by the journalist Hans-Peter Martin , which was published in September 2018 by Penguin Verlag .

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The book deals with the consequences of decades of hyperglobalization and nationalism that is spreading ever further. The author describes an inevitable system crash, since too many big problems are not solved and often interact - from social inequality to robotics and digitization to the elite turning away from democracy. Trade wars are paralyzing, and climate change is already showing serious consequences. The upcoming European decision-making year is described in detail, from Brexit to the situation in Italy to the European Parliament elections in May 2019. The author also argues that even if US President Donald Trump loses his office, there will be little return to be expected of a liberal society in the USA. He does not see the right-wing national parties at their zenith. Martin warns in particular of the ever increasing strength of China and the rampant capitalist surveillance communism.

reception

In August 2018, the book was shortlisted for the 2018 German Business Book Prize, which was awarded at the Frankfurt Book Fair. After the appearance, the media responded:

The German Handelsblatt wrote: "What is striking: The crash seems absolutely inevitable from Martin's point of view."

The Austrian news magazine News said: "'Game Over' shapes a new image of the world."

The German news magazine Der Spiegel wrote: “The bad thing about it: He's probably right about almost everything. And the good thing: every game that ends is followed by a new one. "

The German weekly newspaper Die Zeit judged: “This book is an intelligent continuation that humanity is actually tapered into the globalization trap.”, “Hans-Peter Martin's book is neither about scare tactics nor defeatism. It impresses with the fact that it brings together various social phenomena that are not so often thought of together: that the current unbroken neoliberal agenda and capital accumulation will almost inevitably lead to the dismantling of civil liberties, the loss of democracy and ultimately to war. That is the steep thesis of the book. "Overall, Die Zeit came to the conclusion that Game Over was" stimulatingly arguable "and suitable" for hopefully heated discussions that are about to take place on the subject "

Individual evidence

^ Game Over randomhouse.de
↑ Game Over. Retrieved August 29, 2018 .
↑ Business Book Prize 2018: The best business books of the year. Retrieved August 29, 2018 .
↑ Shortlist: German Business Book Prize: "Game Over" - Social division leads to the next crash . ( handelsblatt.com [accessed September 21, 2018]).
↑ Esther Mitterstieler: The game is over . Ed .: News. October 1, 2018 ( news.at [accessed October 18, 2018]).
↑ The Mirror: Thundering Apocalypse . Ed .: Der Spiegel. No. 52 . Hamburg December 22, 2018, p. 104 .
↑ Ulrike Guérot: "Game Over": Freedom is quickly gambled away . In: The time . December 28, 2018, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed January 23, 2019]).

[1] Game Over randomhouse.de

[2] Game Over. Retrieved August 29, 2018 .

[3] Business Book Prize 2018: The best business books of the year. Retrieved August 29, 2018 .

[4] Shortlist: German Business Book Prize: "Game Over" - Social division leads to the next crash . ( handelsblatt.com [accessed September 21, 2018]).

[5] Esther Mitterstieler: The game is over . Ed .: News. October 1, 2018 ( news.at [accessed October 18, 2018]).

[6] The Mirror: Thundering Apocalypse . Ed .: Der Spiegel. No. 52 . Hamburg December 22, 2018, p. 104 .

[7] Ulrike Guérot: "Game Over": Freedom is quickly gambled away . In: The time . December 28, 2018, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed January 23, 2019]).