In Capitalism: A Ghost Story, best-selling writer Arundhati Roy examines
the dark side of Indian democracy--a nation of 1.2 billion, where the
country's 100 richest people own assets worth one quarter of India's
gross domestic product. Ferocious and clear-sighted, this is a searing
portrait of a nation haunted by ghosts: the hundreds of thousands of
farmers who have committed suicide to escape punishing debt; the
hundreds of millions who live on less than two dollars a day. It is the
story of how the largest democracy in the world, with over 800 million
voting in the last election, answers to the demands of globalized
capitalism, subjecting millions of people to inequality and
exploitation.
Roy shows how the mega-corporations, modern robber
barons plundering India's natural resources, use brute force, as well
as a wide range of NGOs and foundations, to sway government and policy
making in India.
Capitalism : A Ghost Story - Arundhati Roy
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