RAJ PATEL
discusses
The Value of Nothing:
How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy
with NPR's On Point producer John Wihbey
$5 tickets are on sale now
Harvard Book Store is excited to welcome activist RAJ PATEL for a conversation about his new book, The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy, with radio's On Point producer, JOHN WIHBEY.
In The Value of Nothing, Raj Patel, a long-time visionary in issues of global development, points to the inadequecy of price as a measure of value, and urges us to look at the larger environmental, political, and social cost of the goods we consume. The book reveals that our current crisis is not simply the result of too much of the wrong kind of economics. While we need to rethink our economic model, Patel argues that the larger failure beneath the food, climate and economic crises is a political one. If economics is about choices, Patel writes, it isn't often said who gets to make them. The Value of Nothing offers an accessible way to think about economics and the choices we will all need to make in order to create a sustainable economy and society.
"As we confront the crisis in the worldview of orthodox economics, Raj Patel offers us a whole new way to think about price and value. Bracingly written and full of surprises, The Value of Nothing is itself invaluable, showing us a path out of the darkness of the economic woods." —Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food and The Omnivore's Dilemma
Info: http://www.harvard.com/events/press_release.php?id=2434
RAJ PATEL
discusses
The Value of Nothing:
How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy
with NPR's On Point producer John Wihbey
$5 tickets are on sale now
discusses
The Value of Nothing:
How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy
Harvard Book Store is excited to welcome activist RAJ PATEL for a conversation about his new book, The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy, with radio's On Point producer, JOHN WIHBEY.
In The Value of Nothing, Raj Patel, a long-time visionary in issues of global development, points to the inadequecy of price as a measure of value, and urges us to look at the larger environmental, political, and social cost of the goods we consume. The book reveals that our current crisis is not simply the result of too much of the wrong kind of economics. While we need to rethink our economic model, Patel argues that the larger failure beneath the food, climate and economic crises is a political one. If economics is about choices, Patel writes, it isn't often said who gets to make them. The Value of Nothing offers an accessible way to think about economics and the choices we will all need to make in order to create a sustainable economy and society.
"As we confront the crisis in the worldview of orthodox economics, Raj Patel offers us a whole new way to think about price and value. Bracingly written and full of surprises, The Value of Nothing is itself invaluable, showing us a path out of the darkness of the economic woods." —Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food and The Omnivore's Dilemma
Info: http://www.harvard.com/events/press_release.php?id=2434
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