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Raj Patel

Raj Patel, the author of Stuffed and Starved, is an activist and academic who has been hailed as "a visionary" for his prescience about the food crisis.  Raj has worked for the World Bank and the World Trade Organization and has protested against them on four continents.  He is currently a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley's Center for African Studies, an Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and a fellow at the Institute for Food and Development Policy, also known as Food First.

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The Value of Nothing
How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy

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Raj Patel, the author of Stuffed and Starved, is an activist and an academic who has been hailed as "a visionary" for his prescience about the food crisis and...

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Raj Patel on NPR

How the U.S. Can Help Stem the Global Food Crisis - President Bush has asked Congress to approve $770 million for emergency food aid. Later this month, Raj Patel, a former analyst with leading food policy think-tank Food First, is scheduled to testify about the global food crisis before the House Financial Services Committee. Patel talks with Liane Hansen about how the government can help the global rise of food costs.

Duration: 3:23
Raj Patel on Democracy NOW!

Stuffed and Starved: As Food Riots Break Out Across the Globe, Raj Patel Details “The Hidden Battle for the World Food System”.

Duration: 59:05
Raj Patel on Morning Edition

January 4th, 2010 (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122125016)

Duration: 4:45
Raj Patel
Andrea Ismert

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