Raj Patel on The Value of Nothing

To read the first chapter, click here: http://bit.ly/1ajaxZ .

Watch this book trailer video to hear author, activist and academic Raj Patel talk about his book The Value of Nothing. Opening with Oscar Wilde's observation that "nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing," Patel shows how our faith in prices as a way of valuing the world is misplaced. This short, timely and inspiring book reveals that we not only need to find a new economic model, but 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 a fresh and accessible way to think about the environment and economics and the choices we will all need to make in order to create a sustainable economy and society.

Read more about the book The Value of Nothing at http://us.macmillan.com/thevalueofnothing

Learn more about author Raj Patel at http://us.macmillan.com/author/rajpatel

Read the first chapter of The Value of Nothing at http://bit.ly/1ajaxZ

For more information on both Raj Patel and The Value of Nothing, visit http://www.rajpatel.org

This video was directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy (http://www.thegardenmovie.com)

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[le013r]

@bigdaddyshane the vegetable picker is more important than a greedy banker. Stupid is anyone that thinks otherwise.

[risingsolari]

@newFrostwhisper help, he's making me buy organic, and be generous to my fellow citizens!! oh the horror

[Mosley2]

65 dicks have fingers

[Sahakaara]

Friedman, Volcker, Greenspan and Paulson have nothing to do with a free market. They are all government interventionists. They would be out of work in a free market!

The banking sector is still one of the most heavily regulated businesses in the US and UK. Truly free market decentralised banks have never caused economic chaos.

[bdharper1024]

I have read the book and it is absolutely intriguing! I find it very informative and insightful.

[IdigAponyONtheROOF]

this man raj patel is AN AID TO THE FALSE PROPHET THAT GODS WORD SPEAKS ABOUT...the false prophet is maitreya . the unholy trinity -satan,false prophet,antichrist.

[IaxobusJames]

Introduce capitalism and encourage a lifestyle of over-spending and debt. And just when the world economy begins to crash, send in a man to save the world. Well played, you clever rulers.

Now, get ready for a new world.

[mace124]

obligatory anti-christ statement.

[MrMakfx]

i like raj patel

[skauldhar]

to "live in common" isnt saying hes a communist fyi ....... which seems to be what a lot of people are hanging on.

[droumdoum]

TALK ABOUT THE CHEMTRAILS RAJ, THAT GOES IN ALL THESE NUTRITIOUS LOCALLY HOMEGROWN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES !

[PdubzCrew]

Do your research..no one will know the antichrist until that 'day'

The antichrist will have all answers and win over the people in a day or so..

The other guy aka the false prophet has to be a religious leader or person. Raj is just a guy trying to solve a problem..thats all. So stop pointing fingers.