Extractive Capitalism
How Commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy
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2025
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Paperback original
Verso Books (Verlag)
978-1-83674-028-5 (ISBN)
Verso Books (Verlag)
978-1-83674-028-5 (ISBN)
An exposé of the extractive industries powering globalization -and a primer on fighting back
Laleh Khalili reflects on the hidden stories behind late capitalism, from seafarers abandoned on debt-ridden container ships to the nefarious reach of consultancy firms and the cronyism that drives record-breaking profits. Piercing, wry, and constantly revealing, Extractive Capitalism brings vividly to light the dark truths behind the world's most voracious industries.
Whether it is pumping oil, mining resources, or shipping commodities across oceans, the global economy runs on extraction. Promises of frictionless trade and lucrative speculation are the hallmarks of our era, but the backbone of globalization is still low-cost labor and rapacious corporate control. Extractive capitalism is what made-and what maintains-our unequal world.
Laleh Khalili reflects on the hidden stories behind late capitalism, from seafarers abandoned on debt-ridden container ships to the nefarious reach of consultancy firms and the cronyism that drives record-breaking profits. Piercing, wry, and constantly revealing, Extractive Capitalism brings vividly to light the dark truths behind the world's most voracious industries.
Whether it is pumping oil, mining resources, or shipping commodities across oceans, the global economy runs on extraction. Promises of frictionless trade and lucrative speculation are the hallmarks of our era, but the backbone of globalization is still low-cost labor and rapacious corporate control. Extractive capitalism is what made-and what maintains-our unequal world.
Laleh Khalili teaches at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom. She has written on globalization, capital, and neocolonialism, contributing regularly to the London Review of Books. She has also worked as a consultant and engineer. Her books include Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula, Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine: The Politics of National Commemoration, and The Corporeal Life of Seafaring.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.08.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 100 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie |
| Technik ► Bergbau | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-83674-028-X / 183674028X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-83674-028-5 / 9781836740285 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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