Raj Patel

What do you do when you decide at the age of seven that the world is an unfair place and you need to try and change it? Raj Patel’s career has been dedicated to ending inequality. From studying philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford, London School of Economics and Cornell, to learning about the inner workings of the World Trade Organisation and the World Bank as an intern, Raj was always going to be an activist. His writing about capitalism and contemporary politics is globally influential, and he continues to look for ways to change the political and economic systems that we live in. This episode is hosted by Edwina Throsby. Show notes: Watch Raj in Three Ways To Change The World Listen to his talk Smashing Capitalism for Beginners Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Raj Patel is an episode from It's a Long Story by Sydney Opera House.

This episode is 40:20 long.

This episode was published on Mar 18, 2019.

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