THE VALUE OF NOTHING by Raj Patel ( 9781846272189 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE VALUE OF NOTHING
HOW TO RESHAPE MARKET SOCIETY AND REDEFINE DEMOCRACY

By:

Raj Patel

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1846272181

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9781846272189

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Publisher:

GRANTA BOOKS

Pub. date:

1 January, 2011

Pages:

176

Description:

The New York Times Bestseller that shows how market pricing screwed up the economy and argues for a new way of thinking about what things are really worth

Synopsis:

'Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.' Credit has crunched, debt has turned toxic, the gears of the world economy have ground to a halt.Yet despite its failures, the same market-driven ideas are being applied to everything from famine to climate change. We need to ask again one of the most fundamental questions a society ever addresses: why do things cost what they do? Radical, original, nimbly argued, The Value of Nothing draws on ideas from history, philosophy, psychology and agriculture to show how we can build an economically and environmentally sound future.

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Portobello Books Ltd

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