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Title

Capitalism : a ghost story / Arundhati Roy.

Author

Roy, Arundhati

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2014.

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Description

125 pages; 20 cm

Summary

• "From the poisoned rivers, barren wells, and clear-cut forests, to the hundreds of thousands of farmers who have committed suicide to escape punishing debt, to the hundreds of millions of people who live on less than two dollars a day, there are ghosts nearly everywhere you look in India. India is a nation of 1.2 billion, but the country's 100 richest people own assets equivalent to one-fourth of India's gross domestic product. Capitalism: A Ghost Story examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India, and shows how the demands of globalized capitalism has subjugated billions of people to the highest and most intense forms of racism and exploitation. "--
• "This series of essays examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India. The book also shows how the demands of globalized capitalism has subjugated billions of people around the world to the highest and most intense forms of racism and and exploitation"--

Subject

• HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes
• Income distribution > India
• Capitalism > India
• Globalization > India
• Exploitation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface: The president took the salute -- Capitalism: a ghost story -- I'd rather not be Anna -- Dead men talking -- Kashmir's fruits of discord -- A perfect day for democracy -- Consequences of hanging Afzal Guru -- Afterword: Speech to the people's university.

ISBN

• 9781608463855 (paperback)
• 1608463850 (paperback)

LCCN

^^2014002844

OCLC

859046489

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library