Privatized Planet

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Free Trade as a Weapon Against Democracy, Healthcare and the Environment

By T J Coles and TJ Coles

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Privatized Planet by T J Coles explores the global impact of corporate power on politics and environmental policies. The book critically examines how privatisation and deregulation have reshaped public sectors and resources, often prioritising profit over public interest and environmental sustainability. It addresses the influence of multinational corporations on governance, offering a thought-provoking analysis of contemporary political and economic shifts.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in exploring the effects of corporate power on global governance and public resources. Its deep dive into the privatisation of public assets offers a critical look at socio-political issues, making it ideal for anyone passionate about understanding the complexities of modern economic policies and their impact on democracy and citizen rights.

Privatized Planet

If you thought we had defeated the big trade and investment deals like TTIP and TPP think again. Privatized Planet exposes the myths about 'free trade' in this new age of globalization.

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President Trump has torn up the TTIP and TPP. Britain is distancing itself from the European Union. Does this mean that corporate globalisation is in retreat? Privatized Planet exposes the truth about 'free trade' in this new era of globalisation. Quoting leaked documents, corporate lobby memos and a host of other primary sources, it seeks to prove that corporate globalisation is simply changing shape, not coming to an end.

Author T.J. Coles takes us on a tour of US-led corporate free trade deals from WWII to the present. He argues that activists helped beat back the big multilateral trade deals, TTIP and TPP, and that they must now pay attention to the 'noodle bowl' of bilateral deals being signed in secret, like the ongoing US-UK free trade deal.

Whether it's privatising Britain's National Health Service, lobbying to get genetically-modified foods and hormone-treated beef into Europe, pushing fracking on Eastern European countries, or murdering environmental activists in the developing world, the US-led corporate empire will stop at nothing until the planet is in private hands.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781780265018

Publisher: New Internationalist Publications Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 March 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: New Internationalist Publications Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 214.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 320

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs T J Coles TJ Coles

About the Author

T.J. Coles was awarded a PhD from Plymouth University (UK) for his work on the aesthetic experiences of blind and visually impaired people. His thesis The Knotweed Factor draws on the philosophy of neuroscience and cognitive psychology. A columnist with Axis of Logic, Coles regularly writes about politics and human rights. His work has appeared in Newsweek, the New Statesman, Peace Review, teleSUR, Truthout and Z Magazine. Books include Britain's Secret Wars, The Great Brexit Swindle, President Trump, Inc., Fire and Fury and the anthology Voices for Peace (2017), which he edited.