Patel, Raj.
The value of nothing : how to reshape market society and redefine democracy / Raj Patel. - 1st Picador ed. - New York : Picador, 2010, c2009. - 250 p ; 21 cm.
The flaw -- Becoming homo economicus -- The corporation -- On diamonds and water -- Anti-economic man -- We are all commoners -- The countermovement and the right to have rights -- Democracy in the city -- Back to food sovereignty -- Anton's blindness.
Examines the social, political, and environmental damage caused by free markets and the exploitation of resources for the sake of the commoditization of every aspect of the market, and argues that new strategies that benefit all of humanity are the key to a successful countermovement.
9780312429249 (pbk.) 031242924X
2009041546
Free enterprise.
Democracy.
Economics.
Free enterprise.
Democracy.
Economics.
330.12/2
The value of nothing : how to reshape market society and redefine democracy / Raj Patel. - 1st Picador ed. - New York : Picador, 2010, c2009. - 250 p ; 21 cm.
The flaw -- Becoming homo economicus -- The corporation -- On diamonds and water -- Anti-economic man -- We are all commoners -- The countermovement and the right to have rights -- Democracy in the city -- Back to food sovereignty -- Anton's blindness.
Examines the social, political, and environmental damage caused by free markets and the exploitation of resources for the sake of the commoditization of every aspect of the market, and argues that new strategies that benefit all of humanity are the key to a successful countermovement.
9780312429249 (pbk.) 031242924X
2009041546
Free enterprise.
Democracy.
Economics.
Free enterprise.
Democracy.
Economics.
330.12/2