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“The reason why people starve is because of poverty … not because of a shortage of food … but because the only way to access the food is through the market”

Raj Patel

About global food economy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU5zT1r5Fk8 Marquette University <br class="br">Context: When you introduce markets in food, then you introduce two very simple rules. The first rule is this: if you have money you can get the food from wherever around the world. The other rule markets impose is this: if you do not have money, you will starve. This is an important point … The reason why people starve is because of poverty … not because of a shortage of food … but because the only way to access the food is through the market.

“There are models of development that already exist in developing countries that actually are much more sustainable than the model of free markets that we have been trying to export.”

Raj Patel

How free is the market http://fora.tv/2010/01/06/Raj_Patel_The_Value_of_Nothing#Raj_Patel_How_Free_Is_the_Free_Market FORA.tv <br class="br">Context: We are all familiar with the idea: Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day, but teach a man to fish and you'll feed him for a lifetime. That sounds reasonable enough. … But think of the model that rests on. It constructs people in developing countries that sort of people sitting by the rivers and eating fish and then they look at the river and said: "- So what's that? - It looks like a fish. - Well, how do we get it out? - Well I have no idea, we would have to wait for white man to come and tell us." It's important to remember that actually there are systems of governance that already exist. There are models of development that already exist in developing countries that actually are much more sustainable than the model of free markets that we have been trying to export.

“The opposite of consumption isn't thrift. It's generosity.”

Raj Patel

The Value of Nothing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P03nNeYiJo

“Generosity makes us happiest. We'll be happier people when we share, not when we impose, but when we learn from one another. Because when I'm connected to everyone I disappear … in being excellent you lose yourself. And when you're connected to everyone, that's the best thing that can happen.”

Raj Patel

Speech at 21 minuti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsDG-0WQM20

“The problem is that we are living now with the consequences of the others people mistake. It would be nice to make our own and learn from them. That is the art of democracy. That is the art of citizenship.”

Raj Patel

About democracy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dV7N-QGV_w (Retrieved on July 20, 2010.)

“The question is: why are there markets of food at all?”

Raj Patel

About global food economy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU5zT1r5Fk8 Marquette University (Retrieved on February 11, 2010.)