The hidden globe : (Record no. 760641)

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ISBN 9781529058345
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 305.523 4 ABR/H
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Personal name Abrahamian, Atossa Araxia
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245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The hidden globe :
Sub Title how wealth hacks the world /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication . - UK
Name of publisher : Picador
Year of publication , 2024
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages 324 pages ;
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "Borders draw one map of the world; money draws another. A journalist's riveting account exposes a parallel universe exempt from the laws of the land, and how the wealthy and powerful benefit from it. The map of the globe depicts the world we think we know: neatly delineated sovereign nations that bestow and restrict the rights of the citizens and entities within their borders. For wealthy individuals and corporations, however, borders are porous, and the globe is pockmarked with thousands of special zones that exist beyond any nation's control, for their benefit. And for those at the opposite end of privilege, the map fails to prevent exploitation by foreign powers, or willfully creates cracks where refugees fleeing war and hardship can be captured and kept in stateless limbo indefinitely. In this fast-paced and fascinating narrative, Atossa Abrahamian explores this parallel universe. Starting in thirteenth-century Switzerland, where a confederation of poor cantons marketed the commodity they had - bodies, in the form of mercenaries - she stalks the legacy of statelessness around world, from an Emirati-owned port in Somalia to the new charter cities, semi-autonomous city-states in poor countries like Honduras that are controlled by foreign governments or multinational corporations, to Luxembourg, which wants to use its tiny perch to send capitalism into outer space via asteroid mining. Along the way, we meet the shadowy CEOs, visionary statesmen, eccentric theorists, prize-winning economists, and alarming ideologues who are the masterminds of this parallel order. By mapping the hidden geography that increasingly determines who wins and who loses in the new global order - and how it might be otherwise - The Hidden Globe fascinates, enrages, and inspires"--
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Topical Term Wealth.
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Topical Term Income distribution.
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Topical Term Rich people
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Topical Term Boundaries
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Dept. of Political Science Dept. of Political Science 27/06/2025 305.523 4 ABR/H POL23808 15/06/2026 Book