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Loewenstein, Antony.

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Disaster capitalism : = making a killing out of a catastrophe /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Disaster capitalism :/ Antony Loewenstein.
Reminder of title:	making a killing out of a catastrophe /
Author:	Loewenstein, Antony.
Published:	London ;Verso, : 2017,c2015.,
Description:	376 p. :ill ;20 cm.
Notes:	Originally published in hardcover: 2015.
Subject:	Corporate power. -
ISBN:	9781784781187

Disaster capitalism : = making a killing out of a catastrophe /
Loewenstein, Antony.

Disaster capitalism :making a killing out of a catastrophe /Antony Loewenstein. - Pbk. ed. - London ;Verso,2017,c2015. - 376 p. :ill ;20 cm.

Originally published in hardcover: 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the mad max economy --

"Award-winning journalist Antony Loewenstein travels across theUS, Britain, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea and Australia to witness the reality of Disaster Capitalism--the hidden world of privatized detention centers and militarized private security, formed to protect corporations as they profit from war zones. He visits Britain's immigration detention centers,tours the prison system in the United States, and digs into the underbelly of the companies making a fortune from them. Loewenstein reveals the dark history of how large multinational corporations have become more powerful than governments, supported by media and political elites"--

ISBN: 9781784781187US16.95Subjects--Topical Terms:

764894
Corporate power.

LC Class. No.: HD2756 / .L64 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 306.3

Disaster capitalism : = making a killing out of a catastrophe /
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245 1 0 $a Disaster capitalism : $b making a killing out of a catastrophe / $c Antony Loewenstein.
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260 # $a London ; $a New York : $b Verso, $c 2017,c2015.
300 $a 376 p. : $b ill ; $c 20 cm.
500 $a Originally published in hardcover: 2015.
504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 # $t Introduction : the mad max economy -- $t Pakistan and Afghanistan : "Looking for the new war" -- $t Greece : "We are just numbers, not human lives" -- $t Haiti : "If anybody here says they've had help, it's a lie" -- $t Papua New Guinea : "Break our bones, but you can never break our spirit" -- $t The United States : "The land of the free has become a country of prisons" -- $t The United Kingdom : "It's the outsourcing of violence" -- $t Australia : "If you have a pulse, you have a job at Serco" -- $t Conclusion : breaking the spell.
520 # $a "Award-winning journalist Antony Loewenstein travels across theUS, Britain, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea and Australia to witness the reality of Disaster Capitalism--the hidden world of privatized detention centers and militarized private security, formed to protect corporations as they profit from war zones. He visits Britain's immigration detention centers,tours the prison system in the United States, and digs into the underbelly of the companies making a fortune from them. Loewenstein reveals the dark history of how large multinational corporations have become more powerful than governments, supported by media and political elites"-- $c Provided by publisher.
520 # $a "How capitalism makes a fortune from disaster, poverty and catastrophe. Disaster has become big business. Best-selling journalist Antony Loewenstein travels across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea, the United States, Britain, Greece, and Australia to witness the reality of disaster capitalism. He discovers how companies cash in on organized misery in a hidden world of privatized detention centers, militarized private security, aid profiteering, and destructive mining. What emerges through Loewenstein's reporting is a dark history of multinational corporations that, with the aid of mediaand political elites, have grown more powerful than national governments. In the twenty-first century, the vulnerable have become the world's most valuable commodity."--Publisher's website.
520 # $a "In the twenty-first century, disaster has become big business,and the vulnerable have become the world's most valuable commodity. Best-selling journalist Antony Loewenstein travels across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea, the UnitedStates, Britain, Greece, and Australia to witness the reality of disaster capitalism. He discovers the manifold strategies people have employed to push back against the profiteers and exploiters,showing a different way forward where accountability and humanitycan exist."--Back cover.
650 # 0 $a Corporate power. $3 764894
650 # 0 $a Detention of persons $x Privatization. $3 3204156
650 # 0 $a International business enterprises $x Social aspects. $3 600481
650 # 0 $a Private military companies. $3 943494
650 # 0 $a Profiteering. $3 3204157
650 # 0 $a Social policy. $3 531782