There are hidden costs attached to almost everything we buy. T-shirts, mortgages, and hamburgers. In the book “The Value of Nothing: How to reshape market society and redefine democracy,” Raj Patel argues that even a hamburger may have hidden ecological and social costs of as much as $200.
Patel also shows concern that some global food aide organizations may sometimes do more harm than good.
RAJ PATEL: It’s [food] being loaded off the boat and is given away for free. So what does that do to the farmer? Of course it wipes them out.
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