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_cBJBSDDR
041 _aeng
050 1 4 _aHD 2756
_bL827d 2017
082 _a306.3
100 1 _aLoewenstein, Antony,
_d1974-
245 1 0 _aDisaster capitalism :
_bmaking a killing out of catastrophe /
_cAntony Loewenstein.
264 1 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bVerso Books,
_c2015.
300 _a376 pages ;
_c24 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"Crisis? What crisis? How powerful corporations make a killing out of disaster Award-winning journalist Antony Loewenstein travels across the US, 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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
520 _a"Award-winning journalist Antony Loewenstein travels across the US, 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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aInternational business enterprises
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aCorporate power.
650 0 _aSocial policy.
650 4 _aEmpresas comerciales internacionales
_95695
650 4 _aPoder corporativo
_95696
650 4 _aPolĂ­tica social
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