Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780907791911
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2022
Publisher: Synergetic Press


Description:


As the world™s billionaire class reaps record profits and global inequalities further divide nations and communities, this anthology compiled by renown activist Dr. Vandana Shiva pulls back the curtain on how ruthless capitalistic exploitation branded as philanthropic altruism forges a direct path to global destruction

Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Demo

cracy: A Global Citizens™ Report on the Corporate Control of Technology, Health, and Agriculture

details how global philanthrocapitalist organizations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and affiliated entities effectively monopolize and privatize common land for food production in a manner that jeopardizes public health around the globe.

Through various initiatives, sub-organizations, development schemes, and funding mechanisms, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation™s empire in particular weaves an intricate network of power and influence designed to ensnare local communities and traditions in an unwavering pursuit of profit and market expansion.

Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy

calls to account problematic initiatives that serve to corrode the integrity of democratic institutions, often under a banner of future-oriented innovation. This book lays bare the destructive power of overly capitalistic systems that enable mass human suffering and environmental catastrophe via the entanglement of private investment and public policy.

This democratic emergency is analyzed in detail by leading experts and civil society movements™ leaders, such as: Dr. Vandana Shiva, Farida Akhter, JosĂ© Esquinas AlcĂ zar, N