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VULTURES' PICNIC: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores

VULTURES' PICNIC: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores

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VULTURES' PICNIC: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores

by Palast, Greg

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton/Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2011. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st.. Seller's image, know what you are getting! Pre-packing weight is 1 lb. 6.8 oz . ORIGINAL, NOT A REPRINT OR PHOTOCOPY!! Dust Jacket has light wear, soil. Has NO wear and soil noted to covers. Has NO Owner markings noted ! Clean Text! See Picture! The Copyright date is 2011 for this Printing. This volume was purchased through local public auction. Thank you for your purchase from Sunset Books! Help Promote World Literacy, GIVE a Book as a GIFT!! In stock, Ships from Ohio. WE COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES!!!! SEE PICTURES!!!!! ANY ODD/GREEN TONES ON THE SCANS ARE CAUSED BY MY SCANNER!! All of our Technical/Textbook/Ex-Library volumes were obtained legally through Public or Auction sales. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

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The New York Times bestselling author of Armed Madhouse offers a globetrotting, Sam Spade-style investigation that blows the lid off the oil industry, the banking industry, and the governmental agencies that aren't regulating either. This is the story of the corporate vultures that feed on the weak and ruin our planet in the process-a story that spans the globe and decades. For Vultures' Picnic , investigative journalist Greg Palast has spent his career uncovering the connection between the world of energy (read: oil) and finance. He's built a team that reads like a casting call for a Hollywood thriller-a Swiss multilingual investigator, a punk journalist, and a gonzo cameraman-to reveal how environmental disasters like the Gulf oil spill, the Exxon Valdez, and lesser-known tragedies such as Tatitlek and Torrey Canyon are caused by corporate corruption, failed legislation, and, most interestingly, veiled connections between the billionaires of financial industry and energy titans. Palast shows how the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Trade Organization, and Central Banks act as puppets and bandits for Big Oil. With Palast at the center of an investigation that takes us from the Arctic to Africa to the Amazon, Vultures' Picnic shows how the big powers in the money and oil game slip the bonds of regulation over and over again, and simply destroy the rules that they themselves can't write-and take advantage of nations and everyday people in the process.

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Title
VULTURES' PICNIC: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores
Author
Palast, Greg
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
1st.
ISBN 10
0525952071
ISBN 13
9780525952077
Publisher
Dutton/Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
Place of Publication
New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published
2011

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