Download or read book The Value of Nothing written by Raj Patel and published by Granta. This book was released on 2011 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional Chinese edition of The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy by raj Patel, the author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System. The Value of Nothing is a profound analysis of the global economic crisis stemmed by the "value" set by the "market." The cost of goods made and the ensuing cost of ecological damage do not proportionally represent the "value" of goods we produce and consume. Patel is a fellow at The Institute for Food and Development Policy, a visiting scholar at UC Berkley and a social and environmental activist. In Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.