Yet despite its failures, the same market-driven ideas are being applied to everything from famine to climate change. We need to ask again one of the most fundamental questions a society ever addresses: why do things cost what they do?
Radical, original, nimbly argued, The Value of Nothing draws on ideas from history, philosophy, psychology and agriculture to show how we can build an economically and environmentally sound future.
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Yet despite its failures, the same market-driven ideas are being applied to everything from famine to climate change. We need to ask again one of the most fundamental questions a society ever addresses: why do things cost what they do?
Radical, original, nimbly argued, The Value of Nothing draws on ideas from history, philosophy, psychology and agriculture to show how we can build an economically and environmentally sound future.
Imprint | Granta Books |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | 2011 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
Authors | Raj Patel |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 250 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84627-218-9 |
Barcode | 9781846272189 |
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LSN | 1-84627-218-1 |