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Antony Loewenstein: Disaster Capitalism (Paperback, 2015, Verso, imusti) 2 stars

How Capitalism makes a fortune from disaster, poverty and catastrophe

Disaster has become big business. …

Mediocre presentation of an important subject

2 stars

This is a good book that could have been shorter. While useful to expose the closer relationship between governments and private companies, the stories often felt repetitive and the chapters lacked a clear flow. The point was made, and made again, and made again, but the successive iterations didn't really develop a deeper analysis or enhance understanding. Overall, while an interesting read, I found it to be underwhelming.