{"product_id":"disaster-capitalism-antony-loewenstein-9781784781156","title":"Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"keenly observed and timely investigation\" of how capitalism makes a fortune from disaster, poverty and catastrophe--\"a potent weapon for shock resistors around the world\" (Naomi Klein, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shock Doctrine\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDisaster 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat emerges through Loewenstein's re­porting is a dark history of multinational corporations that, with the aid of media and political elites, have grown more powerful than national governments. In the twenty-first century, the vulnerable have become the world's most valuable commodity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antony Loewenstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1784781150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784781156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.30w x 1.30d","brand":"Antony Loewenstein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46545744527615,"sku":"9781784781156","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b728f57f-47b9-430d-8543-6f997b4858a4.jpg?v=1738183217","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/disaster-capitalism-antony-loewenstein-9781784781156","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}