Extractive Capitalism
How Commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy

Such a shame it was a bit muddled, switching and changing to air personal grievances with some useful facts. Lacking a conclusion as well, found this frustrating as the topic is ever more relevant in these murky Trumptonian times. This would have made a great first rough draft which with better edit......more

A description of how the wealthy rule the world. Some of the book seemed quite muddled, making it hard work to read. Apart from a list of books in a Selected Bibliography, there are no specific references (other than to a particular book now and then). However, I suspect many of the books in the Bibli......more

I think this book provides examples of patterns of capitalism and extraction in different industries, especially shipping going back to the 17th century and up to today. This is a “big picture” kind of topic and it can be hard to wrap your head around this way of looking at things. Given that, it pr......more

Felt more like a collection of essays than a unified narrative. Nonetheless a useful compilation of stories of the corrupt way that western companies and countries stripmine the world for resources......more

i didn’t really understand the way the book was structured.......more