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Dec 2009
1h 30m

The Value of Nothing

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
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Contributor(s): Raj Patel | "Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing." Credit has crunched, debt has turned toxic, the gears of the world economy have ground to a halt. It's now clear that the market doesn't only get it wrong about sub-prime mortgages; it gets it wrong about everything. We need to ask again one of the most funda ... Show More
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