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"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…
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 2017Verso · 384 pages · 9781784781187
- Other · English · 2015Verso Books · 376 pages · 9781784781156
International business enterprisesCorporate powerSOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing CountriesSocial aspectsSocial policyPOLITICAL SCIENCE / GlobalizationCorporations