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"A deeply though-provoking book about the dramatic changes we must make to save the planet from financial madness."--Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine Opening with Oscar Wilde's observation that "nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing," Patel shows... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Gary Becker: Nobel laureate economist from the Chicago school. Famous for using the economic approach to analyze and study social issues.
- Adam Smith: The father of economics and author of "The Wealth of Nations"
- John Maynard Keynes: Most famous of the modern economists. He argued that government intervention was necessary for the well being of the economy
- Polanyi: Add a description of this character.
- Keynes
- Karl Marx
- Hardin
- De Soto
- Dylan
- Anton
- Rousseau
Setting & Locations edit
- United States
- China
- Europe
- South Africa
- India
- Mexico
- Pakistan
- Wall Street
- United Kingdom
- North America
- Iraq
- England
- Asia
- Florida
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 330.122
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