Bibliograph

Capitalism, a ghost story, Arundhati Roy

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Capitalism, a ghost story, Arundhati Roy

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Capitalism

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Arundhati Roy

Sub title

a ghost story

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 one hundred 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 have subjugated billions of people to the highest and most intense forms of racism and exploitation

Target audience

adult

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