T. J. Coles

Privatized Planet: Free Trade as a Weapon Against Democracy, Healthcare and the Environment

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Produktbeschreibung

If you thought we had defeated the big trade and investment deals like TTIP and TPP think again. Privatized Planet exposes the myths about 'free trade' in this new age of globalization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Internationalist
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 135mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781780265018
• ISBN-10: 1780265018
• Artikelnr.: 53301075

Autorenporträt

T.J. Coles was awarded a PhD from Plymouth University (UK) for his work on the aesthetic experiences of blind and visually impaired people. His thesis The Knotweed Factor draws on the philosophy of neuroscience and cognitive psychology. A columnist with Axis of Logic, Coles regularly writes about politics and human rights. His work has appeared in Newsweek, the New Statesman, Peace Review, teleSUR, Truthout and Z Magazine. Books include Britain's Secret Wars, The Great Brexit Swindle, President Trump, Inc., Fire and Fury and the anthology Voices for Peace (2017), which he edited.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: 'Retain that fatter profit share' Part I Evolving world order
Introduction: Reshaping globalization Chapter 1 Free trade: From WWII to
the WTO Chapter 2 Free trade: Bush & Obama Chapter 3 Free trade: The Trump
years Chapter 4 Rivalries: 'Globalization is a brutal process' Part II Our
environment Introduction Energy & transport: 'Eliminating the limits'
Chapter 5 Clinton's State Department: 'Get a life' Chapter 6 Fossil fuels:
'Exploitation should be guaranteed' Chapter 7 Vehicles: ISDS as 'gunboat
diplomacy' Chapter 8 Food and agriculture: 'Mere law' Part III Health and
finance Chapter 9 Financialization: 'A highway without speed limits'
Chapter 10 Health: 'The NHS will be shown no mercy' Conclusion: 'Make it
impossible to reverse privatisation'