{"product_id":"extractive-capitalism-how-commodities-and-cronyism-drive-the-global-economy","title":"Extractive Capitalism: How Commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEssential reading for the Iran Crisis - what happens when the seas close, and oil stops flowing?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Urgent and polemical'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliant explainer of how the world works' Simon Kuper, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eChums\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'The real stuff of the economy - blood, dirt, oil and violence' Dan Davies, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Unaccountability Machine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Profound and compelling ... A book that I couldn't put down' Adam Hanieh, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCrude Capitalism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether it's 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 globalisation is still low-cost labour and rapacious corporate control. Extractive capitalism is what made - and is still making - our unequal world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor 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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eExtractive Capitalism\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebrings vividly to light the dark truths behind the world's most voracious industries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eUrgent, polemical, and shows how everything, from data centres to transportation, depends on extraction ... Khalili dissects what continues to be plundered to power an unrelenting rapacious capitalist world \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCritiques of capitalism don't come much more sweeping, or scathing, than this. Read it-and be discomfited by the state of the world \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eProspect\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA potent critique of ruthless resource extraction and its far-reaching consequences \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLSE Review of Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaleh Khalili is a brilliant explainer of how the world works. This book lays bare an essential, and usually unseen, and unfair, part of our world's functioning. In a rare combination of academic depth and tireless reporting, she takes the reader on a journey to all sorts of places that matter but that are all too rarely discussed \u003cstrong\u003e-- Simon Kuper, author ― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChums\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEye-opening ... a highly readable introduction \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLabourHub\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eExtractive Capitalism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ­powerfully exposes how capital and coercion intertwine while showing that defiance persists \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSocialist Worker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA book that I couldn't put down .... profound and compelling, Khalili shines a light on actors and institutions that typically go unseen: from shipping firms and management consultants, through to finance companies and fraudsters. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the state of the world today \u003cstrong\u003e-- Adam Hanieh, author ― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCrude Capitalism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eExtractive Capitalism\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewill make a lot of economists think they have been wasting their time on abstract equations when they could have been writing about the real stuff of the economy - blood, dirt, oil and violence \u003cstrong\u003e-- Dan Davies, author ― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Unaccountability Machine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaleh Khalili, once more, describes with great clarity and precision the ways in which capitalism extracts, dispossesses and exploits. She traces the colonial roots of extractive capitalism focusing on two primary commodities, oil and sand, and shows the costs for the planet and the human species. She has an eye for details and anecdotes that illuminate the voracity and brutality of that economy. Essential reading, especially in our current time. \u003cstrong\u003e-- Françoise Vergès, author ― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Decolonial Feminism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePraise for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSinews of War and Trade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReaders will delight in the book's originality - there is truly nothing else like it \u003cstrong\u003e-- Marcus Rediker, author ― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Slave Ship\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe scale of this book is breath-taking but the story is intimate and expertly crafted, moving from entire coastlines to city streets and singular body movements. This is a poetry of place \u003cstrong\u003e-- Deborah Cowen, author ― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Deadly Life of Logistics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaleh Khalili's fascinating new book opens the window on another world \u003cstrong\u003e-- Adam Shatz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Laleh Khalili","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45205065400520,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/files\/extractive_capitalism.jpg?v=1788355869","url":"https:\/\/educationalbookshop.com\/products\/extractive-capitalism-how-commodities-and-cronyism-drive-the-global-economy","provider":"EducationalBookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}