{"product_id":"licensed-larceny-infrastructure-financial-extraction-and-the-global-south-9781784994266","title":"Licensed Larceny: Infrastructure, Financial","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInequality is not just a problem of poverty and the poor; it is as much a problem of wealth and the wealthy. The provision of public services is one area which is increasingly being reconfigured to extract wealth upward to the 1%, notably through so-called Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). The push for PPPs is not about building infrastructure for the benefit of society but about constructing new subsidies that benefit the already wealthy. In other words, it is less about financing development than developing finance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnderstanding and exposing these processes is essential if inequality is to be challenged. But equally important is the need for critical reflection on how the wealthy are getting away with it. What does the wealth gap suggest about the need for new forms of organising by those who would resist elite power?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eLicensed Larceny\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary accomplishment. With stunning clarity, Hildyard reveals just how deeply financial power has penetrated our everyday lives - with devastating consequences. This is a tour de force political economy of financialization, and a remarkably accessible introduction to the sordid world of finance - for students, scholars, and activists alike.'\u003cbr\u003eJason W. Moore, Associate Professor at Binghamton University and author of Capitalism in the Web of Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Licensed Larceny \u003c\/i\u003eis only about a hundred pages — really more a monograph than a book — but despite Hildyard’s economy of prose the book packs more information than many books three times that length.’\u003cbr\u003eKevin Carson , Center for a Stateless Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Hildyard provides an impressive first step into the neglected area of infrastructural finance. Licensed Larceny is highly recommended for anyone, inside or outside universities, with an interest in mega-projects, infrastructure and industrial corridors.’\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Dunlap, Interface: a journal for and about social movements Book reviews Volume 9 (1)\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Mise-en-scène: the injustices of wealth \u003cbr\u003e2 A study in financial extraction: Lesotho's national referral hospital\u003cbr\u003e3 Infrastructure as financial extraction\u003cbr\u003e4 Extraction in motion - infrastructure-as-asset-class\u003cbr\u003e5 Infrastructure corridors, frontier finance and the vulnerabilities \u003cbr\u003e6 Reflections for activism\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042323759447,"sku":"9781784994266","price":68.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784994266.jpg?v=1750953911","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/licensed-larceny-infrastructure-financial-extraction-and-the-global-south-9781784994266","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}