A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things

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Date/Time:Wednesday, 15 Feb 2023 at 6:00 pm
Location:3560 Memorial Union
Cost:Free
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Phone:515-294-9934
Channel:Lecture Series
Categories:Diversity Lectures Live Green
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Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: in making these seven things cheap, modern commerce has transformed, governed, and devastated Earth. Based on the latest research in political ecology, together with histories of colonialism, indigenous struggles, slave revolts, and other rebellions and uprisings, Raj Patel will demonstrate the cost it takes to make the world cheap and safe for capitalism.