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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loewenstein, Antony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises--Social aspects.

International business enterprises.

Corporate power.

Social policy.

Physical Description:

376 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2017.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. The Mad Max Economy

Part I

1. Pakistan and Afghanistan: "Looking for the new war"

2. Greece: "We are just numbers, not human lives"

3. Haiti: "If anybody here says they've had help, it's a lie"

4. Papua New Guinea: "Break our bones, but you can never break our spirit"

Part II

5. The United States: "The land of the free has become a country of prisons"

6. The United Kingdom: "It's the outsourcing of violence"

7. Australia: "If you have a pulse, you have a job at Serco."

Conclusion. Breaking the spell.

Notes:

Originally published : 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Loewenstein, Antony. Disaster capitalism : making a killing out of a catastrophe.

ISBN:

9781784781187

1784781185

OCLC:

965119296

Publisher Number:

99971776809