How are economics, consumerism and the environment linked together? – a guest-post by Rhianna Blackthorn.
In part one of this introduction we learn about the value of environmental goods and services and the difficulty to account for it in our economic system.
Today I would like to introduce you to Raj Patel, who calls himself writer, activist and academic (in that order). Others even call him the Antichrist, which sounds even more appealing, doesn’t it?
So who is Ray Patel? He says about himself that he “has worked for the World Bank and WTO, and protested against them around the world.” Which to me already makes him an interesting figure. He has studied in England and the United States and has written several books. His books talk about the poor and the world food system which starves people on one hand and makes them obese somewhere else. Continue reading
Kosmos 9 