Profits of Doom

How Vulture Capitalism Is Swallowing the World

Antony Loewenstein

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MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRES
01 August 2014

Economics & Business; Political economy

Vulture capitalism has seen the corporation become more powerful than the state, and yet its work is often done by stealth, supported by political and media elites.

The result is privatised wars and outsourced detention centres. Mining companies pillaging precious land in developing countries and struggling nations are invaded by NGOs and the corporate dollar.

Best-selling journalist Antony Loewenstein travels to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea and across Australia to witness the reality of this largely hidden world of privatised detention centres, the cost of cheap clothing manufacturing and militarised private security. Who is involved and why? Can it be stopped? What are the alternatives in a globalised world?

Profits of Doom challenges the fundamentals of our unsustainable way of life and the money-making imperatives driving it.

By: Antony Loewenstein
Imprint: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRES
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 296g
ISBN: 9780522866827
ISBN 10: 0522866824
Publication Date: 01 August 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Antony Loewenstein is an independent Australian journalist, blogger, photographer and documentarian. He is the author of two bestselling books, My Israel Question and The Blogging Revolution, co-author of For God's Sake, co-editor of Left Turn and After Zionism and has written for The Guardian, The Nation, Huffington Post, The Sydney Morning Herald, Haaretz and other prominent publications. He appears on the BBC, Al Jazeera English, ABC and many other media outlets. He is a Research Associate at the University of Technology's Australian Centre for Independent Journalism. His website is http://antonyloewenstein.com/