Raj Patel
Raj Patel was educated at Oxford, the LSE, and Cornell. A former fellow at Yale and Berkeley, he is now at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has worked for the World Bank, interned at the WTO, consulted for the UN, and been tear-gassed on four continents protesting against his former employers. He is one of only a few activists trusted to work with the Via Campesina peasant movement. Stuffed & Starved is his first book.
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The Value of Nothing How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy (First Hardback Edition)
A short, sharp and stimulating book that responds to the global economic crisis by assessing the issue of value, which underlies every commercial transaction we make, in boom and in bust.
Published: 01/12/09, RRP: £12.99, Introductory Offer: 20% Off All Titles, Web Price: £10.39, You Save: £2.60 (20%), ADD TO BASKET
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Stuffed & Starved Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System (First Hardback Edition)
The hidden complexities and terrifying simplicities of a planet squeezing itself dry in order to make half its citizens obese and the other half malnourished.
Published: 01/09/07, RRP: £16.99, Introductory Offer: 20% Off All Titles, Web Price: £13.59, You Save: £3.40 (20%),
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Stuffed & Starved From Farm to Fork, the Hidden Battle for the World Food System (First Paperback Edition)
‘One of the most dazzling books I have read in a very long time. The product of a brilliant mind and a gift to a world hungering for justice.’ Naomi Klein
Published: 21/02/08, RRP: £8.99, Introductory Offer: 20% Off All Titles, Web Price: £7.19, You Save: £1.80 (20%), ADD TO BASKET
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Recent Related Events
Raj Patel at The Centre for Investigative Journalism on Thursday 3rd of December at 6pm
Raj Patel will be speaking about about the shocking realities of the global food industry with Timothy Lang, Professor of Food Policy at at the The Centre for Investigative Journalism on Thursday December 3rd at 6.30pm.
Raj Patel at the London School of Economics on Tuesday 1st December at 6.30pm
Raj Patel will be speaking about his upcoming book The Value of Nothing at the London School of Economics on Tuesday 1st December 2009 at 6.30pm.
Raj Patel at the Festival of Ideas in Bristol
Raj Patel will be appearing at the Bristol Festival of Ideas on Wednesday December 2nd at 6pm to discuss his latest book The Value of Nothing.
