Bibliograph

The value of nothing, how to reshape market society and redefine democracy, Raj Patel

Type

Label

The value of nothing, how to reshape market society and redefine democracy, Raj Patel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The value of nothing

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

428027312

Responsibility statement

Raj Patel

Sub title

how to reshape market society and redefine democracy

Summary

Patel shows how our faith in prices as a way of valuing the world is misplaced and reveals that our current crisis is not simply the result of too much of the wrong kind of economics but rather the larger failure of a democratically bankrupt political system. The solution he offers: discover democratic ways in which people, and not simply governments, can play a crucial role in deciding how we might share our world and its resources in common

Table Of Contents

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

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