Raj Patel

Raj Patel is a Research Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, author of Stuffed and Starved and, most recently, A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, co-written with Jason W. Moore.

CorporationsNovember 7, 2017

A Chicken-Nugget Theory of Capitalism

One breaded snack can tell us so much.

Raj Patel
Science and HealthOctober 11, 2017

The Future of Food

How do we build a just, sustainable food system?

Raj Patel , Saru Jayaraman , John W. Boyd Jr., Lindsey Shute , Dana Perls and Zoë Carpenter
ActivismSeptember 14, 2011

Why Hunger Is Still With Us

A truly democratic food system will need to rewrite the rules of our financial system.

Raj Patel
Climate ChangeAugust 5, 2010

We Have Yet to See the Biggest Costs of the BP Spill

The full extent of the damage from the BP disaster will not be known for years, but if we are to learn anything now, we must confront the question: What are the true costs of our energy needs?

Raj Patel
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September 30, 2009

Letters

The Gates Foundation in Africa
Seattle

Our Readers , Raj Patel , Eric Holt-Gimenez and Annie Shattuck
September 15, 2009

The Gates Foundation and Africa’s Hunger

We hear from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation regarding our September 21 "Ending Africa's Hunger," and our authors reply.

Raj Patel , Eric Holt-Gimenez , Annie Shattuck and Mark Suzman
Regions and CountriesSeptember 2, 2009

Ending Africa’s Hunger

Bill Gates's fortune is funding a new Green Revolution. But is that what Africans need?

Raj Patel , Eric Holt-Gimenez and Annie Shattuck