"How can you measure progress if you don't know what it cos… - Arundhati Roy

"How can you measure progress if you don't know what it costs and who has paid for it? How can the "market" put a price on things - food, clothes, electricity, running water - when it doesn't take into account the REAL cost of production?"

Arundhati Roy

The Cost of Living · October 1, 1999 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961) is an Indian writer and social activist

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Alternative Names: Suzanna Arundhati Roy

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