Isbn: 9780312429249 - value of nothing: how to reshape market society and redefine democracy (13 Ergebnisse)

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softcover. Zustand: Fine copy. 1st. 8vo, 250 pp.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 256 pages. A deeply though-provoking book about the dramatic changes we must make to sa ve the planet from financial madness.--Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrin eOpening with Oscar Wilde's observation that nowadays people know the pr ice of everything and the value of nothing, Patel shows how our faith in prices as a way of valuing the world is misplaced. He reveals the hidden ecological an d social costs of a hamburger (as much as $200), and asks how we came to have ma rkets in the first place. Both the corporate capture of government and our curre nt financial crisis, Patel argues, are a result of our democratically bankrupt p olitical system.If part one asks how we can rebalance society and limit m arkets, part two answers by showing how social organizations, in America and aro und the globe, are finding new ways to describe the world's worth. If we don't w ant the market to price every aspect of our lives, we need to learn how such org anizations have discovered democratic ways in which people, and not simply gover nments, can play a crucial role in deciding how we might share our world and its resources in common.This short, timely and inspiring book reveals that o ur current crisis is not simply the result of too much of the wrong kind of econ omics. 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 ec onomics is about choices, Patel writes, it isn't often said who gets to make the m. The Value of Nothing offers a fresh and accessible way to think about economi cs and the choices we will all need to make in order to create a sustainable eco nomy and society.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. original edition. 256 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.