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Invisible hands : voices from the global economy / compiled and edited by Corinne Goria ; foreword by Kalpona Akter.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Voice of witness
- A voice of witness book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human rights.
- Business enterprises--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Business enterprises.
- Business ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 388 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : McSweeney's, [2014]
- Summary:
- The men and women in Invisible Hands reveal the human rights abuses occurring behind the scenes of the global economy. These narrators--including phone manufacturers in China, copper miners in Zambia, garment workers in Bangladesh, and farmers around the world--reveal the secret history of the things we buy, including lives and communities devastated by low wages, environmental degradation, and political repression. Sweeping in scope and rich in detail, these stories capture the interconnectivity of all people struggling to support themselves and their families.
- Contents:
- The garment industry: A struggle for fair wages
- Resource extraction: Buying and selling the Earth
- Electronics: Novel technologies, familiar problems
- Appendices.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1938073908
- 9781938073908
- OCLC:
- 858603013
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