The Pathogens of Finance

How Capitalism Breeds Vector-Borne Disease

Brent Z. Kaup, Kelly F. Austin

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English

University of California Press
20 May 2025

Health economics; Epidemiology & medical statistics; Biogeography; Social impact of environmental issues

Series: Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics

The Pathogens of Finance is an exploration of how the rising power and profits of Wall Street underpin the contemporary increases in and inadequate responses to vector-borne disease. Over the past fifty years, insects have transmitted infectious diseases to humans with greater frequency and in more unexpected places. To examine this phenomenon, Brent Z. Kaup and Kelly F. Austin take readers to the exurban homes of northern Virginia; the burgeoning agricultural outposts of Mato Grosso, Brazil; and the smallholder coffee farms of the Bududa District of eastern Uganda. Through these case studies, the authors illuminate how the broader financialization of society is intimately intertwined with both the creation of landscapes more conducive to vector-borne disease and the failure to prevent and cure such diseases throughout the world.

By: Brent Z. Kaup, Kelly F. Austin
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 16
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780520412491
ISBN 10: 0520412494
Series: Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics
Pages: 274
Publication Date: 20 May 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brent Z. Kaup is Professor of Sociology at William & Mary and author of Market Justice: Political Economic Struggle in Bolivia. Kelly F. Austin is Professor of Sociology and Global Studies at Lehigh University.