The value of nothing : how to reshape market society and redefine democracy /
By: Patel, Raj
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BookPublisher: New York : Picador, 2010, c2009.Edition: 1st Picador ed.Description: 250 p ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780312429249 (pbk.); 031242924XSubject(s): Free enterprise | Democracy | Economics | Free enterprise | Democracy | EconomicsDDC classification: 330.12/2 Online resources: Location Map
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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.
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 338.52 PA VA (Browse shelf) | Available | T0039483 |
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| 338.5076 HA ST Study guide : | 338.5076 HA ST Study guide : | 338.512 HA ND Handbook of research on cost-benefit analysis / | 338.52 PA VA The value of nothing : | 338.52 TH PR Prices and knowledge : | 338.521 AL VA Value making in international economic law and regulation : | 338.521 MU SC Scarcity : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-237) and index.
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.
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