Capitalism : 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 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. "--

Record details

ISBN: 9781608463855 (paperback) :
ISBN: 1608463850 (paperback)
Physical Description: print
125 pages ; 20 cm.
Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.