Disaster Capitalism by Antony Loewenstein

At a time when rapacious private interests campaign to destroy government - so they can cash in on its absence - Loewenstein reports from the frontline in an insidious war.' - Paul McGeough, author of Kill Khalid and chief foreign correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald 'A great exercise in joining the dots, on essential terrain that too often is ignored. Profits of Doom is a journey into a world of mutated economics and corrupt politics that we ignore at our peril.' - John Pilger, independent investigative journalist, author and documentary film-maker 'In Australia, so often bereft of voices of dissent and courage, Antony Loewenstein's tenacious work stands out.

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

Disaster Capitalism by Antony Loewenstein