#ExtractiveCapitalism

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5 days ago

Laleh Khalili & David Wearing: Extractive Capitalism | London Review Bookshop Laleh Khalili, Professor of Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter, looks behind the glossy surface promises of frictionless trade and limitless growth to uncover the…

@lalehkhalili.bsky.social's #ExtractiveCapitalism is a must-read for understanding the closing of the Strait of Hormuz, oil as a weapon, and the Iranian Revolution.

For more, listen back to Laleh on the @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk podcast in conversation with @davidwearing.bsky.social 👇

Richard Hull

@richardhull54.bsky.social

3 months ago

Parasiti-capitalism: How Investors Drain Companies and Call It Growth How modern capital captures control, drains cash flow, and leaves economies weaker.

Clever Concept - 'Parasiti-Capitalism' - from @rwasserman.bsky.social guest post on @graceblakeley.substack.com substack.

#Financialisation
#ExtractiveCapitalism
#Enshitification

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Paria sans portefeuille

@pariasans.bsky.social

5 months ago

The Global Economy Runs on Extraction / Lalah Khalili Political Scientist Laleh Khalili joins us to discuss her new book, Extractive Capitalism: How Commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy out now from Verso. "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dor...

"Political Scientist @lalehkhalili.bsky.social joins us to discuss her new book, #ExtractiveCapitalism: How Commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy, out now from Verso."

#capitalism #cronyCapitalism #extractivism #inequality #books

The Lifeboat Academy

@lifeboatacademy.bsky.social

5 months ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "If all the world is a commodity, how poor we grow. When all the world is a gift in motion, how wealthy we become." — Robin Wall Kimmerer

#robinwallkimmerer #reciprocity #metacrisis #extractivecapitalism #gifteconomy

Emerging-Guru

@emerging-guru.bsky.social

8 months ago

Humans in the Loop I Sunday on 60 Minutes YouTube video by 60 Minutes

Human In the Loop on @60minutes.bsky.social shines a light on the people that power the A.I. revolution. The “intelligence” often depends on $2/hr roles labeling, often graphic trauma-inducing content, in developing countries like Kenya. m.youtube.com/watch?v=eLXW... #AI #ExtractiveCapitalism

Profile Books

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10 months ago

The consequences of plundering resources from the ground Our hunger for the Earth’s natural riches drives both political power and immense destruction. Two new books call for a reappraisal of the wealth beneath our feet

'Khalili dissects what continues to be plundered to power an unrelenting rapacious capitalist world'

ICYMI: A brilliant review of #ExtractiveCapitalism by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com.

Read the full piece here:
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Profile Books

@profilebooks.bsky.social

10 months ago

An ecard with the book Extractive Capitalism by Laleh Khalili in the middle.

An eye-opening survey of how extractive industries power globalisation - and how to fight back.

#ExtractiveCapitalism by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social is out now!

Order your copy here:
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Pablo Lara H.

@pablolarah.bsky.social

1 year ago

white text on blue background: Blockin’ bots

🤖 Blockin’ bots
by Ethan Marcotte @beep @beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com
#BlockinBots #bots #AI #artificialintelligence #extractivecapitalism #webdev #htaccessFile

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