Raj Patel: Quotes about people

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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
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.

People , Food , Way

“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

People , Learning

“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.)

People , Art , Democracy , Problem

“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.”

Raj Patel

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

Money , Food , People , Way