Description
| Product ID: | 9780007523108 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Looting Machine |
| Subtitle: | Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa’s Wealth |
| Authors: | Author: Tom Burgis |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | African history, African history, History, Poverty and precarity, Organized crime, Corruption in politics, government and society, Multinationals, Extractive industries, Economic geology, Environmental management, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Poverty & unemployment, Organized crime, Political corruption, Multinationals, Mining industry, Economic geology, Environmental management, Africa, 21st century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Overseas Press Club Award Winner 2016 A shocking investigative journey into the way the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, ‘The Looting Machine’ explores the dark underbelly of the global economy. Overseas Press Club Award Winner 2016A shocking investigative journey into the way the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, ‘The Looting Machine’ explores the dark underbelly of the global economy.‘The Looting Machine’ is a searing exposé of the global web of traders, bankers, middlemen, despots and corporate raiders that is pillaging Africa’s vast natural wealth. From the killing fields of Congo to the crude-slicked creeks of Nigeria, a great endowment of oil, diamonds, copper, iron, gold and coltan has become a curse that condemns millions to poverty, violence and oppression. That curse is no accident. This gripping investigative journey takes us into the shadows of the world economy, where secretive networks conspire with Africa’s kleptocrats to bleed the continent dry. And like their victims, the beneficiaries of this grand looting have names. |
| Imprint Name: | William Collins |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-04-07 |
