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Profits of Doom|Antony Loewenstein

Profits of Doom : How Vulture Capitalism Is Swallowing the World: Updated Edition

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Vulture capitalism has seen the corporation become more powerful than the state, and yet its work is often done by stealth, supported by political and media elites. The result is privatised wars and outsourced detention centres. Mining companies pillaging precious land in developing countries and struggling nations are invaded by NGOs and the corporate dollar.

Best-selling journalist Antony Loewenstein travels to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea and across Australia to witness the reality of this largely hidden world of privatised detention centres, the cost of cheap clothing manufacturing and militarised private security. Who is involved and why? Can it be stopped? What are the alternatives in a globalised world? Profits of Doom challenges the fundamentals of our unsustainable way of life and the money-making imperatives driving it.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780522866827
  • ISBN-10: 0522866824
  • Publisher: Melbourne University
  • Publish Date: August 2014
  • Page Count: 264

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