A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things

Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. In making these things cheap, modern commerce has transformed, governed, and devastated Earth. In&#160;<I>A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things</I>, Raj Patel and Jason&#160;W. Moore present a new approach to analyzing today&rsquo;s planetary emergencies. Bringing the latest ecological research together with histories of colonialism, indigenous struggles, slave revolts, and other rebellions and uprisings,&#160;Patel and Moore&#160;demonstrate that throughout history, crises have always prompted fresh strategies to make the world cheap and safe for capitalism. At a time of crisis in all seven cheap things, innovative and systemic thinking is urgently required. This book proposes a radical new way of understanding&mdash;and reclaiming&mdash;the planet in the turbulent twenty-first century.