{"id":24745,"date":"2009-11-18T18:29:11","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T18:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=24745"},"modified":"2009-11-18T18:29:11","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T18:29:11","slug":"article_19641","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/article_19641\/","title":{"rendered":"The Value of Nothing (Video Preview)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oscar Wilde observed,
\n\u201cNowadays people know the price of everything and the value of
\nnothing.\u201d Patel’s book, The Value of Nothing, shows how our faith in
\nprices as a way of valuing the world is misplaced. He reveals the
\nhidden ecological and social costs of a hamburger (as much as $200),
\nand asks how we came to have markets in the first place. Both the
\ncorporate capture of government and our current financial crisis, Patel
\nargues, are a result of our democratically bankrupt political
\nsystem.<\/p>\n

Social organizations, in America and around
\nthe globe, are finding new ways to describe the world\u2019s worth. If we
\ndon\u2019t want the market to price every aspect of our lives, we need to
\nlearn how such organizations have discovered democratic ways in which
\npeople, and not simply governments, can play a crucial role in deciding
\nhow we might share our world and its resources in
\ncommon.<\/p>\n

Our current crisis is not simply the result
\nof too much of the wrong kind of economics. While we need to rethink
\nour economic model, Patel argues that the larger failure beneath the
\nfood, climate and economic crises is a political one. If economics is
\nabout choices, Patel writes, it isn\u2019t often said who gets to make them.
\nThe Value of Nothing offers a fresh and accessible way to think about
\neconomics and the choices we will all need to make in order to create a
\nsustainable economy and society.<\/p>\n

To read the first
\nchapter, click here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1ajaxZ<\/a>. For more
\ninformation on both Raj Patel and The Value of Nothing, visit http:\/\/www.rajpatel.org<\/a>.
\nVideo directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy (http:\/\/www.thegardenmovie.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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