| A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things | |
| Author: | Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | University of California Press (US) Verso Books (UK) Black Inc (Aus) |
| Pub Date: | 2018 |
| Pages: | 336 |
| Isbn: | 978-1-78873-213-0 |
A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of he Planet is a book by Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore published in 2018.
The book considers the development of Capitalism and the Anthropocene through the interrelationship of seven 'cheap things'. These are:
Cheapness is defined as 'a set of strategies to manage relations between capitalism and the web of life'. Cheapness then is not just about low cost. It is rather a strategy capitalism has employed transform undenominated objects and relationships into circuits of production and consumption that have the lowest possible dollar value.[1]
The authors adopt a world ecology approach. This approach commits to understanding human relations of power, production, and environment-making in the web of life.
The Guardian praised the book's 'impressive ability to synthesise disparate elements'.[2]