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Licensed larceny : infrastructure, financial extraction and the global south /
Licensed larceny is best viewed as a proxy for how effectively elites have constructed institutions that extract value from the rest of society. For inequality is not just a problem of poverty and the poor; it is as much a problem of wealth and the rich. The provision of public services is one area...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | Manchester capitalism.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Licensed larceny is best viewed as a proxy for how effectively elites have constructed institutions that extract value from the rest of society. For inequality is not just a problem of poverty and the poor; it is as much a problem of wealth and the rich. The provision of public services is one area which is increasingly being reconfigured to extract wealth upward to the one per cent, 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. It is less about financing development than developing finance. Understanding and exposing these processes is essential if inequality is to be challenged. What does the wealth gap suggest about the need for new forms of organising by those who would resist elite power? |
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| Notas: | Previously issued in print: 2016. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Público: | Specialized. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781526108982 1526108984 9781526108975 1526108976 |